Down in the south of Moldova in the city of Vulcănești you can find a treasure. Only 200km's from Chisinau, near the Ukranian border, the KaraGani Winery has it's place. A name rather new on the Moldovan wine map, but not one to be missed that's for sure. The tradition of winemaking in the Cerven [...]
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Găgăuzia – autonomous area
Găgăuzia is an autonomous region of Moldova, but unlike Transnistria, there are no borders and own currency here. Ethnically Găgăuzians are Turkic in origin, with their ancestors coming all the way from Altai region. Later on they migrated from Bulgaria together with ethnic Bulgarians and settled in Bessarabia (Moldova) between 1812 and 1846. Nowadays the [...]