Press
A few pieces written about Doina Vin and the Răzeni winery by journalists, bloggers and tasters. We keep them here with their headline, date and outlet, and quote the excerpts word for word, in the original language, as they were published.
Listed newest first. Each headline links to the original text on the publication’s own website, and “Archive” opens the copy kept by the Wayback Machine; each piece describes the winery as it was in the year it was written.
A critic’s scores
86–90
points out of 100 across five wines
Very drinkable with lovely fruit.
Jamie Goode tasted five Artitude and Perla Neagră wines and scored them between 86 and 90 out of 100; the top score, 90, went to Artitude Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Pinot Noir 2016.
Moldova’s best wines, part 3: wineries D-G (external site) (opens in a new tab)Archive: Wayback Machine, Moldova’s best wines, part 3: wineries D-G (external site) (opens in a new tab)
Logos Press
Logos Press reported the close of the GROW Moldova grant programme for domestic tourism: Doina Vin is among its 20 beneficiaries, funded by the Ukrainian-Moldovan-American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF).
Fine Winein Romanian
Andrei Cibotaru visited us in Răzeni during the restoration and wrote about boyar Dimanovici’s historic cellar, the tasting rooms being readied for guests and our Sauvignon Blanc 2021.
Este în curs de restaurare beciul istoric a lui Dimanovici.
Translation Dimanovici’s historic cellar is being restored.
Archive: Wayback Machine, Doina Vin se pregătește de oaspeți (external site) (opens in a new tab)
Wine and Spiritsin Russian
Doina Borș spoke about our stand at ProWein 2022 in Düsseldorf: every planned meeting took place, and new contacts came from Europe and Africa.
Конечно, хочется, чтобы было больше посетителей, но гораздо важнее качество этих контактов, какой будет эффект от них.
Translation Of course we would like more visitors, but the quality of these contacts, and the effect they will have, matters far more.
wineanorak.com
Jamie Goode tasted five Artitude and Perla Neagră wines and scored them between 86 and 90 out of 100; the top score, 90, went to Artitude Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Pinot Noir 2016.
Agrobiznesin Romanian
Tatiana Caraman wrote about the Borș family, the winery’s people and equipment, and the company’s 25th anniversary on 20 December 2018, marked by a new corporate identity.
Pentru că oricât de bun nu ar fi conținutul, suntem cuceriți, în primul rând de etichetă, numele și descrierea vinului
Translation However good the contents may be, what wins us over first is the label, the name and the description of the wine.
Meininger’s International
In a review of Moldova’s wine exports, Caroline Gilby MW quotes Doina Borș, the winery’s commercial director, on the Chinese market.
We have to admit it is a struggle to convince Chinese consumers to give a chance to white or rosé wines.
Archive: Wayback Machine, Moldovan value (external site) (opens in a new tab)
Wine and Spiritsin Romanian
Anghelina Taran wrote about the gold medal won by Artitude Rose de Merlot 2017 at the Challenge International du Vin 2018 in Bordeaux, and about how this rosé was made.
Strugurii au fost cultivați pe plantațiile proprii Doina Vin din apropierea satului Răzeni.
Translation The grapes were grown on Doina Vin’s own vineyards near the village of Răzeni.
Fine Winein Romanian
Andrei Cibotaru tasted the two new collections we launched in Moldova: three Artitude wines with labels painted by Olesea Caus and Mihail Ungureanu, and the late-harvest Perla Neagră Chardonnay 2016.
Toate cele patru vinuri sunt deosebite.
Translation All four wines are remarkable.
Wine and Spiritsin Russian
Anghelina Taran described Perla Neagră Chardonnay 2016, a medium sweet late-harvest Chardonnay with natural residual sugar, and the Chinese legend of the black pearl on its label.
Сахар не давит на вкус, он лишь придаёт вину мягкость и округлость.
Translation The sugar does not weigh on the palate; it only gives the wine softness and roundness.
Wine and Spiritsin Romanian
Anghelina Taran wrote about the 6n range, made for young drinkers, about Artitude wines with labels by Moldovan painters, and about Perla Neagră.
[…] dacă vom înlocui cifra arabă 6 cu cea romană, vom obţine VIn, aseamănător cu cuvântul «vin».
Translation […] if we replace the Arabic numeral 6 with the Roman one, we get VIn, which resembles the word “vin” (wine).
ModernBuyerin Romanianheadline and quote without diacritics, as in the original
An interview with Doina Borș about the company’s name, the 1875 cellar in Răzeni and our plans for the Romanian and US markets.
Compania poarta numele meu. Este in primul rand un gest frumos de dragoste al tatalui pentru fiica […]
Translation The company bears my name. It is above all a beautiful gesture of a father’s love for his daughter […]
Filmed interviews and reports about the winery and its people. They open on YouTube, on the publisher’s channel.
Via Cluj TVin Romanian, Duration:
A report from the Vernisajul Vinului Moldovenesc about the winery and our wines on the Romanian market.
Una dintre cele mai dinamice crame moldovenești este Doina Vin.
Translation One of the most dynamic Moldovan wineries is Doina Vin.
AGORA Moldovain Romanian, Duration:
Doina Borș, whose name the winery bears, talks about life in Germany, the family business and a possible return home through a tourism project.
In February 2026, our dry Artitude Viorica 2025 in a 3-litre bag-in-box won the title “Best Bag-in-Box Wine” (Cel mai bun vin Bag-in-Box) at the 10th National Bag-in-Box Wine Contest in Romania (Concursul Național Vin Bag-in-Box). The title went to 82 of the 229 wines entered.
Concursul Național Vin Bag-in-Box, ediția a X-a, a avut loc în data de 12 februarie 2026, în cadrul restaurantului LA MAMA – Clubul Țăranului Român din București. Au fost înscrise 229 vinuri (102 albe, 68 roze și 59 roșii).
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