Vin Club Odobesti to sell 200,000 bottles

Winemaker Vin Club Odobesti estimates to sell some 200,000 bottles, worth 300,000 euros in 2004, which is also the company’s first year in business. “We sold almost 40,000 bottles in the first three months, which is great for a small producer,” says Dumitru Lazar, general manager of Vin Club Odobesti. The company comprises more than 50 small winemakers from the famed Odobesti area and was established following a pilot project of the German Development Ministry, which forked out 700,000 euros to kickstart the company. Since late last year, Vin Club Odobesti has been selling premium wines under the Prima brand and will launch six new kinds of wine in July. ZF