Leader change on the local wine market | Progresiv
Cramele Recas, one of the most important local wine producers, reported a turnover of 180.98 million lei last year, up by 22% over the previous year, a result that places the company first among the top players in Romania. Regarding the profit, the producer marked an advance of 21%, up to the threshold of 42.15 million lei. 
Thus, Cramele Recas overtook Jidvei, a company controlled by businessman Claudiu Necsulescu, who reported for the year 2018 a turnover of 175.99 million lei, marking an increase of about 11% compared to the previous year. As for profits, the producer registered a plus of 22%, the net profit reported for the year 2018 amounting to 21.34 million lei.
In addition, Cramele Recas is also the largest exporter of wines in our country, more than 50% of the wine bottled in Cramele Recas being destined for export, especially in countries with mature wine markets: Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, United States, Canada, but also in Japan, Korea or Malaysia.
"Currently, at Cramele Recas we talk about more than 22 million bottles sold per year, half in the domestic market and half export markets, wines from all categories, from retail to super premium, quiet and sparkling. In the future, we want to take advantage of the fact that a large part of our vineyards have reached the maturity of over 20 years, which allows us to make extraordinary qualitative wines, and our focus is especially on the new generation of consumers (millenials). We want to meet their tastes with modern wines, where tradition is intertwined with the innovation and versatility demanded by this demanding public", said Gheorghe Iova, co-owner Cramele Recas.
Nowadays, Cramele Recas has a production capacity of about 32 million liters per year. The company exploits an area of over 1150 hectares of the vineyards of Recas and Minis, located in the counties of Timis and Arad. 25 grape varieties are harvested here every year, and from them are produced wines for the 45 brands distributed both in the country and abroad.
