Purcari (winery)

Purcari is recognized as the most popular winery among the Moldovan wine producers, being a leader in premium wines production in Moldova. The Winery is located in Purcari Wine Region, Ștefan Vodă District. Through the years, Purcari Winery won over 250 medals at international contests like Decanter World Wine Awards, , International Wine & Spirits Competition, International Wine Challenge and many other international contests. Purcari Winery is recognized as the most awarded winery of the Central and Eastern Europe.

As Moldova’s most prestigious exporter, Purcari Winery entered on over 25 markets in Europe, North America and East Asia, in countries like the US, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, Czech Republic, China, Poland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Japan, Luxembourg, the Baltic Countries, etc.

For outstanding achievements, Purcari Winery became the owner of [Grand Prix in wine making, award offered by the Government of Republic of Moldova].

In 1827, Emperor of Russia Nicholas I issued a special decree granting Purcari the status of the first specialized winery in Bessarabia. It was named in honor of one of the founders originating from Germany – Harmizone. Since then, the owners of Purcari have become Moldovan boyars (barons) Dancila and Clot, but also other Germans, Russians and French.

Two decades later, at the Agricultural Bessarabian Fair, Purcari received its first gold medal.

By 1878, the winery was being celebrated in a closed wine tasting at the Paris World Expo. French experts were impressed by the dry wine with an intense ruby color. They were sure that it was a new Bordeaux wine. What a surprise when they found that the wine had originated in a small village on the banks of the Dniester River. In such a way, the Negru de Purcari wine won its first gold medal at an international exhibition.

For a long time, Purcari wines were as popular as Bordeaux or Burgundy wines. The wine was served to Emperor Nicholas II as well as King George V and Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Emerging from war, a new era in Purcari’s history started in 1950, when the Moldovan wine makers restored the classic production techniques of the famous wines. One of the greatest professionals of that time – Pimen Cupcea, reconstructed the legendary Negru de Purcari, while Ion Ungureanu created a new masterpiece – Purpuriu de Purcari.

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