Chapter II
Dine in
the Vine
Long tables, vineyard feasts and unforgettable evenings among the rows. A curated record of where, when and how to eat across Romania's wine country — written for travellers, not directories.
48 estates · 12 long-table dinners · 4 harvest weekends
§ 01
Find your evening
Five lenses to narrow the table. Curated, not exhaustive.
09 experiences
- 01
Long Table Under the Linden
Liliac · Lechința · Târnave
Six courses on a single oak table set under a hundred-year linden, paired with estate Riesling and Fetească Neagră. Fridays through Sundays, June to early September.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Long table
- Season
- Summer
- Group
- Long table (20+)
- Duration
- 3 hrs
- From
- €85 / person
- 02
Lunch in the Vines
Davino · Ceptura de Jos · Dealu Mare
Four courses on the verandah above the cellar, paired with library bottles drawn from the family's vertical. Hosted by the Bălăbănescu family by appointment.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Tasting menu
- Season
- Year-round
- Group
- Intimate (2–8)
- Duration
- 3 hrs
- From
- €95 / person
- 03
Harvest Supper at Crama Bauer
Crama Bauer · Drăgășani · Drăgășani
Three September weekends only. You pick in the morning, press through the afternoon, sit down to a Wallachian feast at sundown with Crâmpoșie and Negru de Drăgășani.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Harvest dinner
- Season
- Autumn
- Group
- Mid-size (8–20)
- Duration
- 4 hrs
- From
- €75 / person
- 04
Cellar Supper at Avincis
Avincis · Vităcești · Drăgășani
A five-course menu by chef Nico Lontras served by candlelight in the restored 1927 cellar. Wines drawn straight from the barrel between courses.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Cellar supper
- Season
- Year-round
- Group
- Mid-size (8–20)
- Duration
- 3 hrs
- From
- €110 / person
- 05
Vineyard Picnic at LacertA
LacertA · Fântânele · Dealu Mare
A basket of Prahova cheeses, walnut bread, and cold cuts carried up to the amphitheatre of vines. Two estate whites, one rosé, the whole ridge below.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Picnic
- Season
- Spring
- Group
- Intimate (2–8)
- Duration
- 2 hrs
- From
- €48 / person
- 06
Saxon Long Table at Valea Verde
Villa Vinèa & Valea Verde · Cund · Târnave
A foraged menu in a restored Saxon farmhouse, paired with disciplined Transylvanian whites. Truffles in autumn, wild garlic in spring.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Long table
- Season
- Year-round
- Group
- Long table (20+)
- Duration
- 4 hrs
- From
- €95 / person
- 07
Courtyard Dinner at Cotnari
Casa de Vinuri Cotnari · Cotnari · Cotnari
Late-September dinners in the courtyard of the old domain, with Grasă, Tămâioasă and Frâncușă drawn from the barrel between Moldavian courses.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Long table
- Season
- Autumn
- Group
- Long table (20+)
- Duration
- 3 hrs
- From
- €68 / person
- 08
Black Sea Feast at Murfatlar
Crama Hamangia · Baia · Murfatlar
Dobrogea lamb, Black Sea turbot, late-harvest Chardonnay. Eaten on the terrace as the limestone plateau cools.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Tasting menu
- Season
- Summer
- Group
- Mid-size (8–20)
- Duration
- 3 hrs
- From
- €78 / person
- 09
Restaurant at Casa Timiș
Casa Timiș · Bărbătești · Dealu Mare
Seasonal cooking inside the Casa Timiș vineyard resort in the Dealu Mare foothills, paired with estate and guest wines.
Please verify dining availability and reservation details directly with the winery or resort.
- Kind
- Tasting menu
- Season
- Year-round
- Group
- Mid-size (8–20)
- Duration
- 2.5 hrs
- From
- On request
§ 02
Featured vineyard dinners
Three evenings the editors return to year after year.
- i
An Evening at the Long Table
Liliac · Lechința · July to September
The defining vineyard dinner in Transylvania. One table, sixty seats, the linden tree overhead, the cellar door open behind. Booked four to six weeks ahead.
- ii
Harvest, Pressed and Plated
Crama Bauer · Drăgășani · Three weekends in September
You arrive at seven for the picking, sit down at seven for the supper. Twelve hours that explain the entire year of work.
- iii
Candlelight in the Old Cellar
Avincis · Vităcești · Year-round, Thursdays and Fridays
Five courses below ground, the 1927 vault, wine drawn straight from the barrel. A formal evening for ten to sixteen guests.
§ 03
The dining year
Four moments that bookend Romania's vineyard table.
May
Wild Garlic Lunches
Valea Verde · Cund
A short window when the forest floor turns green and the Saxon kitchens cook from the woods.
July
Long-Table Season Opens
Liliac · Lechința
First Friday of the month. Bookings open in March; they close by April.
September
Harvest Suppers
Dealu Mare, Drăgășani, Cotnari
Three weekends across the country when the cellars eat, drink, and welcome guests in.
December
Winter Feast at the Cellar
Liliac · Lechința
A single seating between Christmas and the new year. Long table, mulled estate wine, suckling pig.