The history of sparkling wine in Romania

The first Romanian sparkling wine was produced in Iasi, in 1841, by professor Ion Ionescu de la Brad, who had studied in France. Romania thus became historically the fourth country in the world to produce sparkling wines, after France (1544), Ukraine (1799), and Germany (1826). Many sparkling wine producing enterprises have since been set up throughout Romania counting Timisoara (1862), Cluj (1870), Azuga (1880), Braila (1884), Bucharest (1913), Murfatlar - Basarabi (1913), Focsani (1926), Cetatea de Balta (1958)Alba Iulia (1959), Panciu (1968), Simleul Silvaniei (1971), Apoldu de Sus (1973), Bucium (1974), and others.