HERMANN Goering, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command, survived the cut. Bottles of wine once owned by him – part of a collection seized by the Soviet army as spoils of World War II and stashed in Moldova ...

Past the set of enormous iron gates leading into the side of a hill 20 minutes north of Chisinau - the capital of Moldova, Europe's least visited country - our vehicle crawls through the mouth of the ...

Two months ago, Cricova winery, just outside of the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, was producing internationally acclaimed wines and inking major new export deals. Now, the company is worrying about ...

THE vast underground cellars of Moldova's Cricova winery used to echo with the sounds of hundreds of visitors. Now just a handful of guests wander past the huge barrels and endless rows of bottles ...

A tour of the cellars of Cricova reveals much more than a collection of very fine wines – including Vladimir Putin’s private collection and a legacy of Nazi henchman Hermann Goering. Walking in the ...

The vast underground cellars of Moldova’s Cricova winery used to echo with the sounds of hundreds of visitors. Now just a handful of guests wander past the huge barrels and endless rows of bottles ...