OLTENIA WINE-GROWING REGION

Viticulture represents a traditional occupation with deep roots in the culture and civilisation of the Romanian people, with significant role in the economy and agriculture of Romania.

Oltenia wine-growing region, through its multiple micro-climates and soils types, but also a complete scale of wine types (white, red and aromatic, distilled of wines) and the culture of table grapes are arguments that Oltenia should be named a veritable wine-growing Romania, in miniature, occupying in the present almost 15-20% from the Romania wine-growing area.

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Oltenia region

The power of tradition and the pedoclimatic offer from this vast amphitheatre, offered by the natural frame of the Oltenia relief has led to the place for centuries in these area of some piedmontan vineyard (Dragasani, Samburesti, Dealurile Severinului, Craiovei, Dealurile Drancei), danubian vineyards (Dacilor, Calafat, Sadova-Corabia, Severinului), also independent winegrowing (Segarcea).

21. Sâmbureşti Vineyard 0.14-Tg. Jiu

22. Drăgăşani Vineyard 0.17-Poiana Cruşetu

23. Dealurile Craiovei Vineyard 0.15-Segarcea

24. Severinului Vineyard 0.36-Drăgăneşti-Olt

35. Vineyard Dacilor

36. Calafat Vineyard

37. Sadova-Corabia Vineyard

In the wine- growing region of Oltenia, at the beginning of the XX-th century, were cultivated 34 local – traditional varieties (Gordan, Braghina, Corbul, Seina,Vulpea), selected along time by winegrowers, many of them can be still met today in culture. To this genetic inheritance, will be added along time over 14 wine types, a wine varieties (examples Haiduc, Pandur – for red wine; Cramposie, Cramposie sectionata for white wine), a table varieties (Victoria), a varieties for raisins (Calina) and of rootstock type (Dragasani 37 and Dragasani 57) creations of researches for the Experiment Station of Wine- growing Researches Dragasani and the Department of Horticulture of Craiova University.

TABLE VARIETIES OF GRAPES

BUCURESTI Early Muscat Victoria

Chasselas dorè

HAMBURG Muscat

STEFANESTI Golden

FRESH SEEDLESS VARIETIES

 CALINA

OTILIA

PERLETTEPIETROASA CENTENARY

Grape varieties for white wine types

Grape varieties for red wine types