After touching the outskirts of Chişinău we were now South of town – the destination being Mileştii Mici – home of what is probably the biggest wine cellar in the world (which may well count as cave).

The cellars here extend well beyond 200 kilometers (of which about 55km are used) and houses in excess of 1.5 million bottles of wine (world record).

After a quick look around the entrance area with the wine fountains, we had a tour around the facility – driving into the mountain with our van. During a few stops we were shown, how wines are stored – until eventually we made it to the tasting room, where we could get a first taste of the wines.

Some in the group decided to continue the tasting later on (including myself) and got some of the older vintages (all around 1987 +/-)  to try and share. Needless to say, it ended up an interesting evening of oenological significance 😉