#Ep. 40: Wines of Romania with Cătălin Păduraru, Vinarium CEO
Cătălin Păduraru is CEO of the International Wine Competition Bucharest / Vinarium, editor, wine writer and founder of the Romanian wine retail. The Wines of Romania podcast invites to a discussion about the needs of Romanian wine - from institutions to training young people and from recovering the wine history to the need for centralized communication. 🍷 Interview highlights: - We have to prove that the grapevine came to the territory of Romania 7,000 years ago, from Caucasus region, by land, not from Greece, 2,000 years ago, - In Germany and Poland, alcohol-free wine has a double-digit market share, - We need education, but with a speech adapted to young people, - We must bring the young people close to the vineyard, to the vine, peoples were born around the vine, - Fetească neagră has no way of missing the role of leader of local grape varieties. 🎙️ The Wines of Romania podcast is inspired by the Deschidem Vinul Românesc / We Open the Romanian Wine program, a national program developed by Carrefour Romania, dedicated equally to consumers and wine producers in Romania.