The world's largest wine collection is located in Moldova, with millions of bottles stored in the underground tunnels of Milestij Mici.
Milesti Mici has the same name as the city in which it is located. It is the largest wine cellar in the world, measured by the number of bottles it contains. Milesti Mici was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2007. Milesti Mici's “Golden Collection” contains around 1.5 million bottles of wine, with the oldest wine dating back to 1969.
According to the Milesti Mici website, the wines in the “Golden Collection” include “Pinot,” “Traminer,” “Muscat,” “Riesling,” “Feteasca,” “Dnestrovskoye,” “Mirestskoye,” “Kodur,” “Trandafilur Moldovei,” “Auriu” and “Cahors Chumai,” and are full of delicious flavors of vanilla, cherry and blackberry.
Moldova is home to the largest wine collection in the world. The wine bottles in Milesti Mici's extravagant collection are stored underground in a series of tunnels that visitors can explore. (VADIM DENISOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Milesti Mici wines are enjoyed not only by visitors to the underground tunnels and people in Moldova, but also overseas, and are exported to countries such as Japan, the United States, Finland, Greece, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
The Milestij Mici underground tunnels are ideal for storing wine. They were excavated into limestone blocks for the construction of the city of Chisinau, Moldova's capital, and later converted into wine cellars in 1969.
According to the Milesti Michi website, temperatures inside the underground tunnels are always in the mid-50s Fahrenheit, and humidity levels are consistently high, around 85-95 percent.
Milesti Mici's underground tunnels are named after the wines contained in the collection. (Hannah Wagner/Photo Alliance via Getty Images)
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The wines in the cellar, stored in huge oak barrels, vary in age, with sources saying the oldest dates back to 1986. The underground tunnels house a variety of wines, including fine wines, table wines, and sparkling wines.
Milesti Mici is a popular tourist attraction, with 20,000 tourists visiting the underground wine cellars every year.
Milesti Mici consists of 200 kilometers of underground galleries, which can be explored by different means of transport, including train, car and bicycle.
A tour of the wine cellar takes you through tunnels named after the wines contained within, immersing you in the vast collection.
Milesti Mici wine bottles are safely stored in giant oak barrels, like the one pictured above. (Hannah Wagner/Photo Alliance via Getty Images)
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After walking through the underground galleries to see the “Golden Collection”, you can of course sample the wines, which you can then enjoy with a meal in the Milesti Mici tasting hall.
