The National Wine Day develops yearly and the efforts to promote moderate and responsible drinking and to protect the environment should be thus stepped up. In a news conference on October 16, director of the National Office of Vine and Wine Gheorghe Arpentin said measures will be taken to transform this day into a holiday friendly to society and the environment, IPN reports.
According to Gheorghe Arpentin, 16,000 glasses of wine were drunk based on over 2,000 tasting cards sold on October 7 and 8. Other visitors drank another 15,000 glasses that they bought on the spot. Thus, a person drank on average half a liter of wine. It is important to promote moderate drinking together with the wine. The litter is another challenge. The more extended is the holiday, the larger is the volume of waste. Therefore, environment-friendly measures will be taken. “For the first time, the wine could be drunk from recyclable cups. This move helped us economize,” stated Gheorghe Arpentin.
Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment Vasile Batca said the 16th National Wine Day involved 47 winemakers, many of which were small producers. About 100,000 people visited the central square of Chisinau, which is the venue for the National Wine Day, on October 7 and 8. According to the border police, 44,500 foreigners entered Moldova during the two days.
According to the minister, the visitors could taste 1,000 brands of wine made this year and last year. The wineries provided 58,000 bottles of wine on the premises and 48,000 bottles in the Great National Assembly Square. The grape harvest this year was assessed at 620,000 tonnes, as opposed to 615,700 tonnes last year. About 110,000 tonnes are table grapes. The vineries in Moldova occupy 129,000 hectares.
