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ISSN: 2247-6172;
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Review of Applied Socio- Economic Research
(Volume 5, Issue 1/ 2013 ), pp. 166
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- participating in feasts and festivals;
- participating in wine exhibitions and fairs;
- participating in initiation courses in the secrets of wine.
Wine producers support wine tourism development considering it a niche marketing strategy. Presentation
catalogues of wineries and wines in the region, the collaboration with tour-operator tourism agencies, the
creation and updating of a webpage, participation in specialized fairs and exhibitions would be welcome for
3. Vineyards in the Timis County and wine tourism
The Timis County is located in the western part of Romania, bordering Serbia and Hungary, having an area
of 869,665 ha (3.6% of the country’s total area), of which 702,066 ha is agricultural area, that is 80.7% of the
county’s total area.
The climate is temperate with sub Mediterranean influences, which helps cultivating the vine.
An evolution of the areas cultivated with vine is presented in table 6.
Table 6. Evolution of areas cultivated with vine in the Timis County
Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011
Vineyards and vine nursery (ha) 5757 4987 4313 4354 3871 3882
Source: www.insse.ro/Baze de date statistice - TEMPO-Online serii de timp.htm, AGR101A
A continuous decrease of these crops between 1990 and 2010 can be noticed, mainly as a result of land
retrocessions and grape stalks cutting. Another cause of decreases is the EU recommendation to replace hybrid
soils and plant vine varieties accepted in the community.
In the Timis County there are vineyards and wineries in Recas, Buzias-Silagiu and Petrovaselo.
Vine cultures in Recas are on the last hills of the Lipovei Plateau, with terrace steps at an average altitude of
180m, the one in Buzias are on the Silagiu Hill, at an average altitude of 324m, and those in Petrovaselo are also
on the last hills of the Lipovei Plateau at an average altitude of 170m.
The wines produced in these wine centres are varied: white, red and rosé (table 7).
Table 7 Wineries in the Timis County
Name of winery GPS coordinates Type of wine Wine variety
Recas
45.826975N, ‐Cabernet Sauvignon; -Sole White Brut
(S.C.Cramele Recas S.A) 21.525908E; -Burgundy;
(sparkling);
-Merlot;
-Cabernet Sauvignon-
-Traminier;
Castel Huniade;
-Cadarca;
-Feteasca Regala –
-Italian Riesling;
-Feteasca regala;
Castel Huniade;
-Chardonnay- Castel
-Creata;
-Mustoasa;
Huniade;
-Merlot-Pinot Noir-
-Muscat Ottonel; Castel Huniade;