fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: December 22, 2009 12:27AM
In August, 2005 Mile?tii Mici is a collection of wine was registered in the
Guinness World Records for being the biggest Wine Collection in the world. It
took nearly a year to consider the application. The collection comprises 1.5
million bottles. Stretching for 250 kilometres (160 mi), of which only 120
kilometres (75 mi) are currently in use, the Mile?tii Mici cellar complex is
also the largest in the world. Overall, the complex holds nearly 2 million
bottles. More than 70% of the stored wines are red, 20% are white and about 10%
are dessert ones. The most valuable items of this collection, worth €480 a
bottle, were produced in 1973-74; they are now exported only to Japan.The State
Enterprise Quality Wines Industrial Complex “Milestii Mici” was found in
1969 as a mini-complex for storing, preserving and maturing high quality
wines.The wines stored here are made from crops of various years, beginning with
1969: “Pinot”, “Traminer”, “Muscat”, “Riesling”, “Feteasca”,
“Dnestrovscoie”, “Milestscoie”, “Codru”, “Negru de Purcari”,
“Trandafirul Moldovei”, “Auriu”, “Cahor-Ciumai”, and others. Local
ancient underground galleries, reach the Chisinau borders. The first parties of
wine were brought into the galleries at the end of the 60-es and the results
exceeded all expectations. The limestone played the role of a natural
accumulator of constant humidity (85-95%) and temperature (12 °C (54 °F) - 14
°C (57 °F)) throughout the year. The longer the wines are stored in such ideal
conditions, the better their qualities are. The wines are being brought at the
enterprise for many decades, only there becoming splendid collection and high
quality wines.