It's raining outside and the smell of linden is everywhere... how can you manage to immortalize the smell of fresh linden if not through...

June 8 is a special day, with a special tradition, which I hope will last for years and years as I proposed... at least until I'm 18 when...

Elderflower picking is the first seasonal activity that Thea and I have and that we both look forward to when spring comes. The elder...

The barrels look good, especially since they were full of the last Othello and had potential? I proposed myself that before the wine from...

And if it's prepared by craftsmen like my father, then you'll lick your fingers with every kind of food. As every year, we are tasting...

Vica's pantry begins to take shape and tastes that remind me of the little moments from my childhood, fragments of the moments that you...

In autumn, the last tastes of the summer fruits are savored and winter preparations begin by preserving them. In all the children's...

This year the picking was different from other years: I picked Finu' Onica's vineyard, received in exchange for the two grandparents'...

It's very hard to work two vineyards, no matter how small they are, and I keep thinking how hard it was for the grandparents to do this...

2022 has come and it seems to me that 6 years have passed since I started building the bridge between generations. And looking at the...

This year too, we have kept the tradition of cutting pork before Christmas, with all the things that come to pull you back and make you...

For two years the order of the harvest has changed. And it's not just because of the pandemic. There are few vineyards left in Islaz, and...

Last year I didn't think we would have white wine, because the grapes in the vault were so good that I thought we would eat them all :)....

As you may have noticed from all the stories about wine, we have been testing methods to make this wine an artisanal brand, presentable...

I've been reading recently about how technology can make drinks that are normally made in years in a shorter time, like the Scottish...

I started to contribute to the production of wine and even to make my own to rebuild the broken bridge between two generations and then...

As every year, the wine of the year is tasted at the pork cut, along with pork skin and ears. I can't imagine otherwise the first tasting...

This year was the first year in which the grape harvest did not happen in line with the villagers, but we were the first to harvest ......

Is hard to keep working the wine-yard, and more harder is to find people to help. So, all the work fell on the shoulders of "Grandpa from...

It is the wine that will rejuvenate with Thea, because it was made especially for her, with a lot of passion and love. And it seems that...

Well, if the ban period is over and the pandemic has subsided, it's as if fishing is going on. So, we made the necessary supplies, we got...

In May it is 6 months since Costica the Wise 2019 is resting in a Romanian oak barrel. It is the moment when we can feel the aromas and...

Costica the Wise, all black, vintage, passing through time and with time passing over it ... the story of wine told through a picture. I...

As every year, the end of December is about bringing Costica the Young into the cellar.... where it becomes wiser and about bottling...

Pai am promis ca pastram traditiile sa construim puntea dintre generatii

For those who have not read the story of  Costica's wine, it was created to remind us of  my grand father Costica every day, not just at...

As every year, harvesting the vineyard in front of the house is done in October, when the "table" grapes that were planted by my...

It was a strange year, started with a beautiful spring, in which the snow did not surprise us at Easter, letting us to relax with sun and...