OREANDA-NEWS. October 01, 2014. During a press conference, the Minister of agriculture and food industry Vasile Bumacov stressed that the National wine day of wine is an important event for strengthening and promotion of the image of the Moldovan wine industry - both domestic and international markets, and all wine industry came together to organize this festival around the National office of vine and wine and the National brand "Wine of Moldova.

 A living legend". He expressed confidence in the high quality of Moldovan wines and noted that the wine industry of Moldova is able to dynamically develop. The Director of the National office of vine and wine Dmitry Munteanu, presenting the program of the event, noted that this year was developed a new concept of the holiday, which involves the promotion of a culture of production and consumption of the quality wine, and culture conscious and moderate consumption of this drink. For this purpose, visitors to the National day of wine will see a rich cultural and educational program.

The celebration will begin on the morning of October 4, on the Great National Assembly Square with the opening of "Wine town" and represent "The Wine of Moldova. A living legend and to be completed in the evening on October 5 with a concert featuring the stars of the Moldovan pop music. Dmitry Munteanu said that for the convenience of visitors the area will be divided into several zones. The educational area will accommodate the School of wine, in which 12 workshops with wine tasting (participation in master classes cost is 50 lei) will be accommodated. In the area of craftsmen will be exhibited their works and master classes. In the creative zone local and foreign artists will paint 4 huge wine bottles, and in the area of flavors representatives of culture, politics and show business will demonstrate their culinary skills and prepare at least six national dishes, which are served to the Moldovan wine. Around the perimeter of the Wine town will be hosted stands of 45 companies participating in the National day of wine, and for the convenience of visitors, the organizers will set 4 information points with the map of the event.

The visitors of the National day of wine will also be able for a nominal sum to buy a ticket to the wine tour. As a part of the National day of wine will be presented the awards “For outstanding achievements in the field of winemaking" and the medal "120 years since the birth of the outstanding enologist of Moldova Petru Ungureanu", will be hosted a contest for the best homemade wine "Zolotaya Bochka", a dance competition on barrels, toasts competition, a prize for the wine companies for the best organization of the stand and presentation, etc. The organizers say that this year the event will be attended by 22 accredited journalists from Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Hungary, Italy, Germany, and 8 journalists from China will arrive after the celebration.

It is expected that the National day of wine will be visited up to 50 thousand people, of which a quarter are foreign guests. The organizers of the festival are from the Ministry of agriculture and food industry, National office of vine and wine and the Association of wine producers and exporters with the support of USAID/CEED II. The general sponsor of the festival is Moldova-Agroindbank. The event budget is about 2.8 million lei (2 million lei were allocated from the state budget; the rest of the sum is sponsorship). For more information about the festival can be found at www.wineday.wineofmoldova.com