Private Tour

4 Hours Cricova Winery Tour with Tasting

Overview

Available languages

Russian

English

Romanian

4 hours

Mobile ticket

There are few wineries in the world that still produce sparkling wines according to the traditional Champenoise method and Cricova is one of them. During this tour you will explore its endless galleries, remarkable wine collections, a winemaking museum, the sparkling wine production section and even the underground church. After learning the remuage and degorgement process, you will have the opportunity to taste 4 types of wine, including a sparkling one.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Private transportation

Bottled water

Nuts and biscuits

4 types of wine

Meeting and Pickup

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What To Expect

Cricova is a unique underground complex that got renowned for both its huge labyrinths and excellent wines. For the last 60 years it creates the sparkling wine by the method of the famous monk Dom Pierre Perignon, which requires secondary fermentation in the glass and subsequent cuvée ageing. The wine maturation is done fully in the underground cellars, boasting 120 km in total length. Here, endless lines of stands are holding the bottles at a certain angle, waiting to be shaken every day, so they could become crystal clear. Currently Cricova is home to 1.3 mln bottles and 640 types of wine. The oldest wine in the collection and the only one of its kind in the world is the wine „Easter Jerusalem”, produced in just one batch in 1902. After the guided tour you will be invited in one of their tasting halls for a memorable wine tasting. It is here where the sommelier will tell you about the story of the bubbles in your glass.

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4 Hours Cricova Winery Tour with Tasting

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Reviews

4.55

33 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

The wine was very good....
Fenia C,
Nov 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The wine was very good. The staff was very polite. It was very cold underground. Our driver was also very good.
Great experience
Michelle P,
Oct 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great trip, picked up from door. Great tour guide around the wine cellars, gave us recommendations of where to eat in Chisinau. Well worth a visit
With a smaller group of fellow guests the visit could have been much better.
Penny M,
Oct 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
We had previously visited the Milestii Mici Winery so had previous experience with a similar state-owned underground winery. The experience at Cricova was not considered as good due to the larger number of guests per tour (48 vs 12), the itinerary (less time talking with the guide and quiet inspection of storage vaults) and a much noisier tasting experience (more basic food pairings, poorer quality wines and no musical accompaniment by a violinist and accordionist). My wife and I had to wait for 10 minutes for a seating at the enormous table while two chairs and place settings were found for us (apparently due to an overbooking mistake by the winery). All in all a somewhat disappointing experience. The transportation to and from the winery was very good.
Nice tour with good wine
Claire L,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00
It is a good tour. The wine is very good. However it gets cold in the tunnels. I would recommend this tour
Can be booked directly through the winery
Rebecca D,
Oct 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
We really enjoyed this winery, it was a great experience and we had a really good time. Our driver was really quiet, and hard to find at the end of the tour, but we appreciated the ride. If we could do this again, we probably would have just booked directly through the winery and caught an uber. This tour didn’t really provide anything special that we couldn’t have planned ourselves.
Great experience!
Thomas ua,
Aug 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
It was an excellent experience. I had some trouble with the booking (because I entered the wrong date), but the staff promptly provided assistance and resolved the problem within minutes. The driver was incredibly friendly and picked us up in a beautiful car. The tour was both interesting and enjoyable, and the wine was delicious.
Susanne and Leif's first visit to Moldova
susannerL9833DQ,
Jul 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Good Service with private pick up outside Hotel, as well as the same driver who drove us back to the hotel again. He also appreciates that I could speak Romanian with him. The visit was a cool experience that is worth visiting, and with nice guide who also spoke good English. Once down in the wine cellar it was perhaps a little too fast. Short time in the souvenir shop, so the visit did not last for 4 Tim as promised.
Cricova super !
walter m,
Jun 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Top, all was fine , timing , transportation and the tour itself very interesting…. At the end testing experience simply amazing.
Great wine tour and experience
bowenboy,
Mar 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I wasn't sure what to expect from this trip but really enjoyed it. Taxi pick up was prompt and driver was very polite. It's about 25 mins drive to the winery. Once there we were booked in and had a short wait then transported on the electric vehicles into the vast labyrinth of tunnels. Our guide was very informative and we visited all the key places, watched a film (whilst sipping sparkling wine) and then finished the tour with a wine tasting. The tour never felt rushed and as a group we all thoroughly enjoyed.
The extensive labyrinth...
Daniel V,
Jan 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The extensive labyrinth of tunnels and huge vats of various types of drinks was amazing to see!! So many bottles stacked up too!!