On September 2, 2018. I ran a 10 K with my friend and fellow PCV, Stacey. It was at the beautiful Pucari Vineyard and featured a taste of one of their wines every few kilometers. It was so much fun running through the fields of grapes. Then at the end of September, I ran the … More Pucari Wine Run and Chisinau Half Marathon
My birthday celebrations continued as several other volunteers and I visited several wineries in my raion (District/County) the weekend after my birthday. Moldova has some of the best wine in the world and we visited two of the best, Pucari and Et Cetera. We stopped by an Italian Pizza resturant (L’angolo Italinano pizza) for probably … More Stefan Voda Wine Tour
Moldova has some of the best wine in the world and has really stepped up its game on marketing for it. For a wine expo this year, a group created a beautiful sign for the event. It is hand crafted using cultural traditions. It is beautiful. Wine of Moldova also has a very good website … More Video about Moldovan wine and a handmade sign
The Cricova Winery is the second largest wine cellar in Moldova. It has 120 kilometres (75 mi) of underground roadways that in the 1950s were created from mining tunnels. The tunnels were created in the 15th century to mine limestone to help build Chişinău. There are a few running events in Moldova and the Cricova … More Cricova 10 KM run 2018
Moldova not only grows lots of grapes and makes lots of wine, it also has the largest wine collection (over 2 million bottles) in the Country owned winery called Mileștii Mici. The winery was built in 1969 from the tunnels of a limestone mine and has over 200 KM of space underground to house wine. … More Visit to Mileștii Mici
Rebecca's Field Notes 