Valahorum will be an umbrella for three boutique wineries – Apogeum, Crama Dragasani and Mierla Alba, making premium wines. The legal entity operating the Valahorum is Mosia Dragasani in Prahova County, which has a share capital of 24 million lei (EUR5 million) and as such is one of the biggest companies established in 2018 by capital.
Virgil Mandru is one of the first entrepreneurs to have invested in the wine industry and has an almost 30-year experience in the sector. Razvan Macici is an oenologist who built his career abroad, where he worked for international groups such as Nederburg in South Africa.
He has previously been the oenologist of Murfatlar, of the Crama Atelier, the premium wine division of that company to be precise. Paolo Mennini is an Italian investor who bet on Romania’s winemaking industry years ago.(EUR1=RON4.6556)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)