During the National Wine Day, the organizers aim to persuade the visitors to be responsible consumers of wine. For the purpose, there will be staged a Wine School. There were provided graduated glasses and launched a consumer’s guide “so that the holiday is tasted, not drunk”, Gheorghe Arpentin, director of the National Office of Vine and Wine, said in a press briefing held before the official opening of the National Wine Day, IPN reports.

According to Gheorghe Arpentin, besides responsible drinking, there will also be promoted eco-responsibility so that all the waste is recycled after the holiday. A sector was set up in the Great National Assembly Square to ensure the visitors’ comfort so that they easier pass from the wine stands to the gastronomic area, etc. Towards evening, the guests will be able to taste wines on a different way, in the form of cocktails.

Diana Lazar, vice director of the Moldova Competitiveness Project, said the Wine Day is the central event of the wine industry and also the main event of the tourism industry of Moldova. At the 16th edition of the event, the wine industry aims to promote the strategic national product of the Moldovan agriculture according to modern principles, by promoting wine culture, visits to regions and moderate drinking in households.

More than 100,000 people are expected to take part in the event this year.