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The Best Wineries in Romania

This list brings together 21 wineries and wine estates in Romania, including Alcovin Măcin, Alira and Aurelia Vişinescu. Many work with grape varieties including Fetească Neagră, Fetească Albă and Cabernet Sauvignon. Falstaff recognizes many of the venues included here.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every estate here is in Romania. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

  • Alcovin Măcin

    Macin, Romania

    Alcovin Măcin is a Dobrogea winery shaped by the Măcin Mountains, limestone-clay-sand soils, and a post-2002 revival of commercial wine in this corner of Romania. Its scale, Royal House supplier status, and portfolio across Pelegrin, Curtea Regală, Renatus, Tres Rosae, and Trei make it a useful lens on how Măcin’s wine identity has moved from regional memory into modern production.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Alira

    Comuna Aliman, Romania

    Alira brings a polished, minimalist-industrial winery setting to Comuna Aliman, where glass, concrete, wood, lawns, terraces, and vineyard views frame the encounter with Romanian wine country. The draw is less about ceremony than place: a scenic, contemporary room that keeps attention on the land around it and the wines shaped by that setting.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Aurelia Vişinescu

    Buzau, Romania

    Aurelia Vişinescu gives Dealu Mare a clear modern lens: restored-farm hospitality, a dedicated tasting room and a cellar built around Romanian varieties as seriously as international grapes. The draw is terroir expression rather than spectacle, with Fetească Neagră, oak work and the Anima range framing a confident view of contemporary Romanian wine.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Balla Geza

    Paulis, Romania

    Balla Geza gives Miniș-Măderat a serious estate-winery address: volcanic-influenced vineyard country, local varieties such as Cadarcă and Mustoasă de Măderat, and a cellar experience shaped by red-wine structure rather than tasting-room gloss. Founded in 1999 under the Wine Princess company, it suits travelers who want Romanian wine with regional specificity, not a generic countryside pour.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Brutler & Lieb

    Satu Mare, Romania

    Brutler & Lieb, known through the Nachbil label, gives Satu Mare a serious wine address rooted in Transylvanian cellar culture rather than polished tasting-room theater. The draw is terroir: organically farmed vineyards in Dealurile Crișanei DOC Diosig, old local varieties, and an 18th-century cellar setting that makes the region’s history feel materially present.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Budureasca

    Comuna Gura Vadului, Romania

    Budureasca gives Dealu Mare a modern, architecture-led tasting address without losing the region’s older viticultural argument: sun, limestone, black earth and red-wine weight. The draw is the contrast between partly buried winery design, a large estate vineyard and a portfolio that moves between Romanian varieties and international grapes.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Clos des Colombes

    Oras Olimp, Romania

    Clos des Colombes brings a small-estate winery format to Oras Olimp, with vineyard views, outdoor seating, food-and-wine pairings, and a quiet rural mood shaped by the Dobrogea Hills. The appeal is less about trophy labels than coastal terroir, Romanian white varieties, and a compact estate experience close to the Black Sea.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cotnari S.A.

    Cotnari, Romania

    Cotnari S.A. is a large historic winery in Cotnari, Romania, where the Moldavian Plateau’s cool continental conditions and native grapes shape the visit more than polished hospitality design. The draw is wine education: Grasă de Cotnari, Tămâioasă Românească, Fetească Albă, and Frâncușă set the estate apart from international-variety tasting rooms.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Crama Avincis

    Dragasani, Romania

    Crama Avincis is a Dragasani wine estate where Romanian indigenous grapes meet a restored family manor and contemporary cellar architecture. The draw is terroir rather than spectacle: Crâmpoșie Selecționată, Tămâioasă Românească and Negru de Drăgășani are framed by vineyard tours, quiet grounds and a compact hospitality program built around the estate’s slopes.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Crama Oliver Bauer

    Dragasani, Romania

    Crama Oliver Bauer is a small family-run winery in Drăgășani, shaped by hillside vineyards, Olt River influence and a deliberately experimental cellar.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Crama Roy & Damboviceanu

    Corcova, Romania

    Crama Roy & Damboviceanu is a rural estate winery in Corcova, set around the Mehedinți-Corcova DOC rather than urban wine-bar polish. Its interest lies in Romanian terroir, a 70-hectare vineyard base, Fetească Neagră alongside international varieties, and a production culture shaped by historic cellars and a French-Romanian founding partnership.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cramele Recas

    Rekasch, Romania

    Cramele Recaș gives Romanian wine scale a clear geographic argument: Banat Hills fruit, Recaș DOC structure, and a production model built for export rather than boutique scarcity. The estate suits travelers who want to understand contemporary Romanian winemaking through vineyards, guided tasting, and a broad portfolio spanning still reds, whites, rosé, and sparkling wine.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Davino

    Ceptura, Romania

    Davino gives Dealu Mare a disciplined, land-led reading: mature-vine reds, Romanian oak, low yields, and a clear commitment to Fetească Neagră rather than a copy of international cellar fashion. The Ceptura estate suits drinkers who want Romanian wine with agricultural seriousness, not showroom gloss.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • LacertA

    Fintesti, Romania

    LacertA gives Romanian wine tourism a design-forward Dealu Mare reading: hillside vineyards, a contemporary cellar, guided tastings, and a portfolio that moves between international grapes and local varieties. The draw is not only the cellar visit, but the way the estate frames place through architecture, barrel aging, and vineyard views.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Liliac - The Wine of Transylvania

    Batos, Romania

    Liliac - The Wine of Transylvania gives Batoș a serious modern winery address built around Transylvanian terroir rather than nostalgia alone. The estate works across Batoș and Lechința vineyards, with guided tastings, vineyard tours, organic farming signals, and a portfolio that spans still, sparkling, dessert, and orange wines.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Petro Vaselo

    Petrovaselo, Romania

    Petro Vaselo gives Romania’s Banat wine country a disciplined estate format: organic farming, Recaș DOC context, an underground gravity-flow cellar, and a portfolio that moves between still reds, whites, rosé, orange wine, and traditional-method sparkling. The point is not glossy wine tourism; it is a hillside, reservation-led tasting model built around vineyard scale, regional identity, and technically framed Romanian production.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Serve Terra Romana

    Bukarest, Romania

    Serve Terra Romana belongs to the SERVE orbit, a Dealu Mare producer tied to Romania’s post-1989 private-wine era. The appeal is terroir rather than spectacle: Ceptura fruit, indigenous and international varieties, and a cellar style that gives structure without burying regional character.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Viile Metamorfosis

    Ungureni, Romania

    Viile Metamorfosis is a Dealu Mare winery in Ungureni shaped by Romanian terroir, ecological viticulture, and the Antinori-Rista winemaking connection. The strongest reason to pay attention is its parcel-led structure: Colțul Pietrei, Via Marchizului, and Cantvs Primvs give the estate a clear ladder from regional breadth to age-minded reds.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Villa Vinèa

    Nickelsdorf, Romania

    Villa Vinèa gives Nickelsdorf a serious cool-climate wine address rather than a generic countryside tasting stop. The estate’s Târnave DOC identity is built around south-facing slopes, mineral clay soils, aromatic whites, Fetească Neagră, and a Transylvanian-style cellar designed to keep the place in the foreground.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • VINARTE

    Bukarest, Romania

    VINARTE is a modern Romanian winery proposition anchored in Oltenia and Mehedinți DOC, with an urban Bukarest presence and vineyard identity tied to the Danube and Olt river zones. Its case rests on terroir selection, conventional production discipline, and a premium portfolio that includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Nebbiolo.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Wine Princess

    Arad, Romania

    Wine Princess frames Arad wine tourism through the Miniș-Măderat vineyard area: local varieties, guided tastings, estate grounds, and a quiet rural setting near the Mureș River and Zărand Mountains. The draw is not trophy-chasing but a traditional Romanian winery format with professional tastings, guest accommodations, and a clear focus on regional wine education.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

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