Wine
Premier Filat urges exporters to raise produce quality
July 24, 2010Prime Minister Vladimir Filat reckons Moldovan exporter companies must continuously work to raise the quality of their products and fix their high quality in corresponding international certificates. Speaking on the Moldova-1 public television channel...
Onishenko gives Moldova two weeks
July 20, 2010Next two weeks, Moscow may impose a complete ban on the importation of Moldovan wines into the Russian territory, stated Gennady Onishenko, the Head of the RosPotrebNadzor [Russian federal supervisory agency for consumer goods quality] and Russia's Chief...
Moldovan minister denies suspension of wine export consultations with Russia
July 19, 2010Agriculture and Food Minister Valeriu Cosarciuc today denied the alleged suspension of wine export consultations with Russia. He specified that there was no official document saying this. Cosarciuc also said that only 23 out of 43 lorries are still held...
Economic agents support creation of vine and wine chamber
July 07, 2010Winemaking enterprises support the idea of creating the National Chamber of Vine and Wine, and suggest restructuring the industrial branch and its management system, said Chairman of the Moldovan Oenologists Union Gheorghe Arpentin. He reminded the proposal...
Experts recommend establishing viticulture and wine chamber
July 02, 2010The current crisis of the Moldovan wine industry has not a conjuncture-caused but a structural character, and can only be overcome upon a comprehensive revision of legislative and regulatory framework operation. This is the opinion of Diana Lazar, a winemaking...
Moldova increased wine exports by 22%
May 26, 2010In the first quarter of the year, Moldova exported wine products on US$ 39.5 million, which is 21.7% more than in the first quarter of the last year. According to the councilor of the agriculture and food industry minister, Petru Rotaru, wine products...
Moldova rejects Russian criticism of country's wines
April 11, 2010Moldovan Agriculture Minister Valeriu Cosarciuc has defended the overall quality of his country's wine exports against Russian criticism, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Russian medical authorities last month banned the sale of 47 tons of wine imported...
A new "wine war" of Russia against Moldova in the making?
April 07, 2010RosPotrebNadzor has not allowed 47 tons of Moldovan wine to be delivered to Russia According to the RBK Russian TV channel, Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Russian Federation Gennady Onischenko explained it by the fact that the product does not meet...
Moldovan winemakers to implement a Dutch marketing export strategy
February 18, 2010The Moldovan winemakers have received the Exclusive Marketing Export Plan (MEP). On Thursday, this plan was presented to the organizers and experts of the Moldovan winemaking, who participated in “The Week of Moldovan Winemaking-2010”. The...
Trucks with Moldovan wines stopped at Russia's border
January 15, 2010The Moldovan exporters of alcohol products to Russia cannot get customs clearance for wine and cognacs, because of the introduction of the licensing procedure for these products, which came in force on December 29, 2009. Trucks with Moldovan wines are...