🍷 Mileștii Mici

Mileștii Mici is a huge underground wine cellar in Moldova, not far from Chișinău. It lies in former limestone quarries, from which stone for building was once mined. The underground galleries stretch for tens of kilometres, forming a whole city with streets named after wine varieties.

The cellar has a steady cool temperature and humidity, which is ideal for storing wine. It is listed in record books as the largest wine collection in the world by number of bottles: more than a million bottles are kept here. It is a wine cellar, but its scale has no equal. Visitors drive through it in a small car and take part in tastings.

Mileștii Mici is tied to Moldovan winemaking, one of the country's main industries. Many bottles here are collectors' items, and some have been kept for decades. The place attracts tourists interested in wine and unusual underground spaces. Here one can see how wine is stored on an industrial scale.