Wine Association of the Codru Delimited Geographical Region
The Codru PGI association and Doina Vin
The Wine Association of the Codru Delimited Geographical Region is the public association of the wine producers of the Codru region: it applied for and holds the Codru protected geographical indication and approved the specification of Codru PGI wines. Doina Vin has been a member since 25 January 2012, under association contract no. 1, and has had the right to use the Codru PGI since 31 March 2016.
Facts checked on 28 October 2026; the sources are at the end of the page.
What the association does and the winery's part
The association has no website of its own; for each topic the link leads to the official page: AGEPI, the specification, ONVV.
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Protected geographical indication
The Codru PGI
The association applied to AGEPI for the Codru geographical indication in January 2012; it was registered in July 2013 and the first certificate of use was issued in the association's name. Since 18 October 2016 the Codru PGI has also been protected in the European Union.
Doina Vin: is on AGEPI's public list of producers with the right to use the Codru PGI, with certificate no. 6C of 31 March 2016.
The Codru PGI in the AGEPI database (external site, opens in a new tab)The winery in Răzeni and the Codru hills
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Rules and control
The specification of Codru PGI wines
The association approved the specification in 2011, confirmed by Ministry of Agriculture order no. 215 of 28.12.2011, and the amended version of 2017 (order no. 93 of 25.05.2017). It runs the internal control of producers through its committees; the wines are certified by an accredited certification body (CNVCPA).
Doina Vin: is first on the list of Codru PGI wine producers in the 2011 specification and in the 2017 amended one, and the winery's administrator has sat on the association's Council since 2021.
The Codru PGI specification, 2017 (PDF in Romanian, ANSA) (external site, opens in a new tab)
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The Codru region
The region's wineries on wineofmoldova.com
Codru is the region in the centre of Moldova, 150–400 m above sea level, with 310–320 sunny days a year; white grapes cover about 63% of the vineyards registered for PGI wines. ONVV presents the region and its wineries on the Wine of Moldova website.
Doina Vin: the winery's vineyards lie in the Codru PGI area, and ONVV shows it among the region's wineries. The Codru PGI mention appears on some wines of the Artitude, Perla Neagră and Goliard houses.
The Codru PGI region on wineofmoldova.com (external site, opens in a new tab)ONVV, Wine of Moldova and Doina Vin
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Events
The Wine Vernissage
Together with ONVV and the Ștefan Vodă and Valul lui Traian PGI associations, the association organised the 23rd Wine Vernissage on 16 May 2025, devoted to wines with a protected geographical indication.
The 2025 Wine Vernissage (Logos Press) (external site, opens in a new tab)
The winery's wines among the vines
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Artitude Chardonnay 2021 at a table in the vineyard -
Artitude rosé between the vine rows -
A glass of white wine among the vines
Questions and answers
- What is the Codru PGI association?
- It is the Wine Association of the Codru Delimited Geographical Region, a public association of the wine producers of the Codru region registered in 2011. It applied for and holds the Codru protected geographical indication, approved the specification of Codru PGI wines and runs the internal control of producers.
- Does the association have a website?
- We found no website or pages of the association's own (checked on 28 October 2026). ONVV presents the region and its wineries on wineofmoldova.com, and the Codru PGI with the producers allowed to use it is in AGEPI's public database.
- Since when has Doina Vin been a member?
- Since 25 January 2012, under association contract no. 1; the association has confirmed it as an active member in certificates, the latest no. 52 of 27 September 2024. The winery is first on the list of Codru PGI wine producers in the 2011 and 2017 specifications.
- What does Codru PGI on a Doina Vin label mean?
- PGI stands for protected geographical indication. The mention goes only on wines certified to the specification; at Doina Vin, on some wines of the Artitude, Perla Neagră and Goliard houses. What a given wine carries is on its label.
- Who certifies Codru PGI wines?
- Under the specification, verification is done by the certification body of the National Centre for Verifying the Quality of Alcoholic Products (CNVCPA). The association runs internal control through its control and tasting committees and keeps a record of Codru PGI wine volumes.
Sources
- AGEPI geographical indications database: CODRU (IG-1), with the list of holders of the right of use (external site, opens in a new tab)
- AGEPI, 2013: the first certificates of use of the Codru and Divin PGIs (external site, opens in a new tab)
- AGEPI, 26 October 2016: Moldova's first geographical indications protected in the EU (external site, opens in a new tab)
- Codru PGI specification, MAIA order no. 215 of 28.12.2011, annex 2 (PDF) (external site, opens in a new tab)
- Amended Codru PGI specification, MAIA order no. 93 of 25.05.2017, points 41, 43, 45, 47 and annex 2 (PDF, ANSA) (external site, opens in a new tab)
- ONVV, “Codru PGI region”, with the region's wineries, wineofmoldova.com (external site, opens in a new tab)
- Logos Press, May 2025: the 2025 Wine Vernissage and its organisers (external site, opens in a new tab)
- State register of non-commercial organisations (open data, 26.10.2026): IDNO 1011600034509, registered on 21.10.2011 (external site, opens in a new tab)
- Winery documents: association contract no. 1 of 25.01.2012; membership certificates no. 46/2022, 36/2023 and 52/2024; list of active members (2021); minutes no. 14 of 02.11.2021 (the association's Council)
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