{"id":39416,"date":"2022-09-29T14:29:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/?p=39416"},"modified":"2022-09-30T19:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:52:40","slug":"cornel-banita-winemaker-pietroasa-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/cornel-banita-winemaker-pietroasa-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"A Winemaker&#8217;s Profile: Cornel Banita, The Young Knight of the Stone Table."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39416\" class=\"elementor elementor-39416 elementor-39403\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a3b874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a3b874\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7789fd5\" data-id=\"7789fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f53d434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f53d434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the stone table (which seems to have been there for centuries as a silent witness to the life of the winery), at dusk, after an exhausting day of harvesting,<\/span> <b>Cornel Banita<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, together with his colleagues, plans the next day in the vineyard. You can feel his love for &#8220;making wine&#8221;. I &#8220;saw&#8221; him as a young knight who will write a part of history.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cornel Banita<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; born in a family with tradition and passion for wine, &#8220;growing up among the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feteasca alba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot rows<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, a young man slightly aged before time, as he himself jokes, with humble speech and carefully chosen words. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man of inner strength, in whose voice one feels calm, and peace of mind, even in the midst of the &#8220;storm&#8221; of the harvesting campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He doesn&#8217;t forget where he came from, grateful for all those he learned from, knowing exactly what he wants to leave behind. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the stone table (which seems to have been there for centuries as a silent witness to the life of the winery), at dusk, after an exhausting day of harvesting, Cornel Banita, together with his colleagues, plans the next day in the vineyard. You can feel his love for &#8220;making wine&#8221;. I &#8220;saw&#8221; him as a young knight who will write a part of history.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beginnings at the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/statiunea-de-cercetare-si-productie-vitivinicola.business.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pietroasa<\/a> Wine &amp; Grapevine Research Station were tough, Cornel felt that the technology was missing and that this aspect had to be compensated for somehow, especially to compete with large producers who had already accessed European funds. The wine made there had to be able to sit at the same table with the wines of other producers, and he did not have a solid company behind him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2-3 years he managed to have a winemaking line, a bottling line, he rebuilt all the wine ageing areas and brought almost everything he needed to be able to compete with the other producers. He wants to produce good wines both for Pietroasa and as his personal goal: for the wines to bear his signature and be representative of the area in which he works. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d3f017 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d3f017\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac46ec9\" data-id=\"ac46ec9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f8b1a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f8b1a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><b>What are the differences between the wine you made at home, in the family, the one you made in the beginning at Pietroasa, the wine you made after finishing your studies and the one you make now?<\/b><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d876386 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d876386\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dbf6a7\" data-id=\"2dbf6a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dba83d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dba83d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The differences are huge, I started from an old barrel from my grandfather, with very good grapes, that&#8217;s right, because the parents took care very carefully of the inherited vineyard. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started to see the problems for the first time, I spoiled quite a few wines at home, even my father got angry with me, because I was trying to do something new or I was forgetting something, or I wasn&#8217;t making the best decisions. Until I arrived here, where I received a rather big responsibility, somewhere over 1000 tons that I had to vinify in the first solid campaign, and the emotions were huge, very difficult to describe.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One step at a time, with the help of colleagues, with the help of equipment, teachers, friends and other winemakers that I have &#8220;nagged&#8221; over time. I have managed to obtain quite good results since the first year. This is because the grapes also helped us, always when you have a good raw material, you can juggle. But the transition was somewhat brutal, sudden and fast.   <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1006e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1006e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f514f88\" data-id=\"f514f88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad0f63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fad0f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Why are so many varieties in the &#8220;ampelographic collections&#8221; of research stations, instead of being planted by those who wish for almost lost Romanian grapevine varieties &#8211; <\/b><b><i>Negru vartos<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><b><i>Iordana<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><b><i>Gordin<\/i><\/b><b>Problems related to <a href=\"\">D.O.C.<\/a>, traceability? <\/b><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6549246 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6549246\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eed3ed0\" data-id=\"eed3ed0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb63b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb63b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Strugure-alb-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39524\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-638cb30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"638cb30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39ed20c\" data-id=\"39ed20c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2904e3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2904e3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somehow I think it&#8217;s all or even more problems. We were lucky because we had reconversion funds and we were able to plant only certain varieties, not all of them being eligible, regardless of what we thought about. On the other hand, in the past these varieties were not promoted at all, or the results of these varieties were not known, and so the people somehow only noticed the international varieties. There was a lot of talk about    <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and everyone seemed to want the same thing, who wouldn&#8217;t want <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chardonnay<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the plantation?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems that in the last period we have realised this and producers are leaning more and more towards the local varieties. Something we did here in Pietroasa, the  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/white-aromat\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alb aromat<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grapevine variety caught on very well, it is the first to be sold out, really, the surface is relatively small, we have about 2 ha, but it caught on very well, even if the label says &#8220;dry white wine&#8221; and you don&#8217;t have much information unless you look for it on our website. It&#8217;s something new. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a93acf5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a93acf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bdab60\" data-id=\"2bdab60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698cc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698cc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>What do Romanian producers do well and what do they not do well?<\/b><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2022f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2022f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7907284\" data-id=\"7907284\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff6773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ff6773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very difficult to say because it is from their own kitchen and there are so many variables. It would be very easy to judge the fact that some put a lot of emphasis on production or the commercial area, but on the other hand, if we think from an economic point of view, they might do better than someone who focuses only on having 10 bottles of top wine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are people who adapt to the public taste, the public is becoming more and more educated, and comes with certain demands. Demands that identify with certain producers and from here on in the vineyard, certain decisions are made in the winery, some seem to be sometimes strange, or maybe they can be very good for the financial balance. It is very difficult to say that some make mistakes and some make good decisions. The idea is for all of us to focus on quality and somehow correct the negative image that we have acquired over time in front of western clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s take from each one all that is good, because they may also have their problems, and if we manage to pass through a correct filter, then we can advance faster than expected. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3403021 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3403021\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f1e00d\" data-id=\"6f1e00d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a31df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57a31df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>What varieties do you prefer &#8211; white, red\/local, international?<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e71dcca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e71dcca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2d152a\" data-id=\"e2d152a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13a412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a13a412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honestly everything. I try to take each variety and each wine the way it is. For example, if you found some   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plavaie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through our plantations, you go ahead and make wine, maybe you&#8217;ll get something ok, maybe not, but you take it for what it is. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you see a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feteasca alba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/royal-pansy\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regala<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you must appreciate the way that wine is and further compare it with what others have done. Of all, I think that  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/white-birch\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feteasca alba<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the closest to me because I have it and have known it since I was a kid, I know its leaf very well, I know its grapes very well and, most of the times when I go in the vineyard, I tend to visit it first. I see the others later. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next, after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feteasca alba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (but it is not local), but it left a rather big mark on me, because I vinified it in all the possible ways, I played with it, it is so very versatile. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87b75c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87b75c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-560fffc\" data-id=\"560fffc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dde498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dde498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>What are your wine-related joys?<\/b><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b30189 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b30189\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61663f2\" data-id=\"61663f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e011e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6e011e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satisfaction is when I create the wine, I struggle and get involved so much from the first stage, from when the grapes are on the vines until the wine is in the cellar, nothing else matters&#8230; In the end, when I see the finished wine, I am less happy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love the process of creation, of making, more than I enjoy sitting at this stone table and saying: look, I made this wine, look how good it is, look what aroma it has! No, on the contrary, I take it and try to see all the problems that I didn&#8217;t manage to solve in the winemaking campaign so that I can start it all over again and make it different. But, mostly, when you see that your wine is appreciated, either by a knowledgeable public, by international competition, or by a simple group of visitors who come to the winery and say that it is very good &#8211; these are satisfactions that motivate you to go further.   <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab5b1de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab5b1de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dde120\" data-id=\"6dde120\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a972b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0a972b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>How does one live a harvesting campaign? <\/b><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1ebad0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1ebad0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cef88a\" data-id=\"8cef88a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6919591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6919591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the campaign, it&#8217;s just the campaign. It usually starts on a Monday in August and probably ends on a Tuesday or Wednesday in October. It is very difficult to pay any attention to something, or someone else. Everyone is mobilised, everyone is on high alert because a lot changes from one day to the next, there are many variables from one year to the next, and many even from one day to the next. When you see that the grapes are beautiful and you don&#8217;t have anyone to harvest them with or you have too many people and you don&#8217;t know where to send them, there are moments when your heart starts beating faster, you are looking for a way to get home to rest or do something on a personal level, but the campaign is the most important moment. Although the fatigue is at a maximum level, you don&#8217;t even realise how tired you are, you also feel good, different, but good. You go on so that everything comes out fine, because the moment passes quickly and you have no other chances to make a wine from that year.      <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fd4dbc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fd4dbc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d278b0\" data-id=\"4d278b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0792bcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0792bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><b>For the beginners, please tell me who and how decides\/according to what, the exact moment of picking?<\/b><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3dca03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3dca03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af7aaf1\" data-id=\"af7aaf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c0ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72c0ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change affects us a lot and we want to make all types of wine &#8211; having so much <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamaioasa romaneasca<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we vinify it in all styles. For the dry, we need to harvest this week, for the off-dry or semi-sweet, a bit later, for the cellar collection wines, we take time to harvest in November.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After we have determined what we have to do, we follow very carefully the progress of the ripening, but also the phyto-sanitary condition. This year the grapes were almost perfect until a week ago, but since the rains started, we start to see problems with grey rot. And if you decide to pick  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamaioasa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> next week for a certain type of wine, there is a possibility that you will have problems in being as you want because the grey rot affects the quality of the wine. And if you miss the moment, that wine will not be as you wanted it, or won&#8217;t be at all.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The moment is set in a close connection between the people at the winery and the people in the vineyard, and often decisions are made from one day to the next. At least last year, which was somewhat richer, we used to gather at this stone table in the evening and determine exactly which vessels were filled, how much we still need the next day, and the next morning we would divide into teams and gather what else was needed. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2c2db0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2c2db0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-691feb1\" data-id=\"691feb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6afb2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6afb2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>What are the legends of harvest time? Do you have superstitions and\/or rituals in the area? <\/b><\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-854ebcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"854ebcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35b0c25\" data-id=\"35b0c25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3270325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3270325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legends and superstitions no, I took a lot of data collected by my colleagues here in the past. As it is this year, it was the same as in 2019 and many years ago. We didn&#8217;t really pay attention to the local legends, which started to disappear anyway.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, I encountered a superstition or saying here in the area. It is somehow related to hygiene &#8211; it is said that you should not eat fish the night before because the smell of fish persists and can permeate the grapes that are picked and could end up in the wine. But at the winery we have many legends, there are many beautiful stories in Pietroasa.  <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f0ca0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f0ca0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24cf700\" data-id=\"24cf700\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9290cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9290cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cornel_Banita-large.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39647\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3caee63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3caee63\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-851d202\" data-id=\"851d202\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5de88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a5de88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>What is the most beautiful story of the winery?<\/b><\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2df345d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2df345d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ded417\" data-id=\"6ded417\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3628149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3628149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story that I find the most interesting is about the oldest wine in our cellar, a  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamaioasa romaneasca<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1942. We know well that in the first and second World Wars when we had &#8220;guests&#8221;, there were all kinds of customs to destroy everything. One of these was that they would go to each barrel, knock to verify if the barrel was full or empty, and if it sounded full, they would shoot it. They drank what they drank and the rest was lost, wasted. If the barrel sounded empty, it escaped. And they managed to save only one barrel of      <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamaioasa romaneasca<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because they moved it in a much bigger barrel and thus, when it was knocked, it sounded hollow. This is how the only barrel  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamaioasa romaneasca<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 1942 wine was preserved. Because the Station has about 50 years of history before that. That&#8217;s why I find this story interesting and beautiful, although sad at the same time.  <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-395dd93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"395dd93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db2ac48\" data-id=\"db2ac48\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3097379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3097379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>Which oenologists or teachers do you admire\/serve as an example for you?<\/b><\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb6822f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb6822f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de831c2\" data-id=\"de831c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbd8246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbd8246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All those who pass through our life and in my life, the family that is not related to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> winemaking at a high level, but knew how to motivate me to be in a certain way and to perceive things in a certain way, also all those who were by me, I mean my parents, friends, each with a special contribution, up to the teachers who guided me, the colleagues who helped me when I first arrived at the research station and all those who guided me over time, they taught me, they showed me all kinds of things, not necessarily in the scientific area. There are people who have passed through my life and left their mark and if I somehow knew how to filter that information, it meant laying a brick. Of course, I am inspired by many people from winemaking, vine growing, and wine marketing, but I tried to take all the good parts from everyone and change them somehow in my own style, to modify them so that they are my own, personal, and different. 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