Budureasca is a name that has its roots in antiquity and tells a beautiful story of Romanian wine.

You can find Budureasca vineyards right in the heart of Dealu Mare D.O.C. region, South-East of Romania. 

They stretch across 275 hectares, embracing the 45th parallel – informally known as Wine Parallel sharing similar geographical coordinates as the vineyards of Bordeaux and Burgundy.

We grow both native Romanian varieties such as Fetească Neagră, Feteasca Regală, and Tamaioasă Românească, but also well-known international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz & others. 

Currently, our grape variety ratio consists of 55% red varieties and 45% white varieties. 

Budureasca Winery is just an hour’s drive from the Romanian capital Bucharest. It’s one of the most modern wineries in Romania, with a sunk construction on three sides to ensure the best thermal control and an annual production and storage capacity of 3.5 million liters of wine.

We mainly produce still wines, and we have a secluded & protected parcel of organic vines from which we obtain some of the best ecological grapes in our country, which we then use to create organic wines in a dedicated area of the winery. Budureasca also produces niche products like Orange Wine, made using a modern interpretation of the ancient Georgian version and sparkling wines following both the traditional Champenoise method and Charmat method.

The product portfolio is extensive, currently consisting of over 20 wine ranges addressing all price and quality segments on the domestic market. Internationally, the export network includes 19 countries spread on four continents. We only export D.O.C. Dealu Mare bottled wines.

The most prominent member of our team is Stephen Donnelly, a British winemaker known in the wine world as the Flying Winemaker.

Stephen has been a big part of Budureasca’s story from the very beginning – since 2006. Along the years, we have won together over 500 international medals in competitions such as Decanter (first gold medal for Romanian wines), Berliner Wein Trophy, Mondial de Bruxelles, Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada (two back-to-back gold medals, for wines created from Fetească Neagră, the most representative Romanian grape variety).