Moldova: History

Archaeological evidence—of leaves of Vitis teutonica—confirms that the vine was widely grown in this area, Bessarabia, millions of years ago. Grape seeds dating back to 2800 bc have been found, as well as amphorae, and the well-documented voyages to this region by the Greeks and then Romans can only have encouraged this particular branch of agriculture. herodotus visited the colonies of Ancient greece at the mouth of the rivers Dnepr and Dnestr in the middle of the 5th century bc and reported that wine drinking was already common there.