Loading ...Romanian Simion Nan, who almost 10 years ago settled in Heidelberg, has opened a company to promote wines from his home country.
Nan is a graduate of the Sibiu Faculty of Wine Engineering. In 1999, he and his wife left Romania to settle in Germany. After having his university qualifications recognised, he took a master’s degree course in German Studies at the Heidelberg Humanities University. In order to keep in touch with the filed of his university studies in Romania, he worked for 5 years at a wine cellar.
Nan is a graduate of the Sibiu Faculty of Wine Engineering. In 1999, he and his wife left Romania to settle in Germany. After having his university qualifications recognised, he took a master’s degree course in German Studies at the Heidelberg Humanities University. In order to keep in touch with the filed of his university studies in Romania, he worked for 5 years at a wine cellar.
The idea of opening a company to promote Romanian wines came to him in 2007, out of his wish to combat as efficiently as possible what he says is the idea that the only wines Romania is making are sweet wines.
For a start, he imported wines of all grape varieties and from all of Romania’s regions. From Prahova, known as the country of red wine, he imported the most expensive wine in his collection, a black Feteasca from the Urlati wine cellars that sells 17 euros a bottle.
For a start, he imported wines of all grape varieties and from all of Romania’s regions. From Prahova, known as the country of red wine, he imported the most expensive wine in his collection, a black Feteasca from the Urlati wine cellars that sells 17 euros a bottle.
Nan can be an oddity to Romanian business people as he invests without making a profit. “I have set for myself to promote the Romanian wines for three years, and I started with friends, acquaintances and by attending small festivals where wine is drunk for free. Only after the wines have become known, will I open a company in Heidelberg to trade them,” says Nan.
Nan also says he has developed a passion for Romanian wines and to all those whom he recommends the wine he explains in detail how to handle the glass so as not to disturb the colour of the wine when the wine reaches the full point.
Then he explains how to drink the wine: first admire the colour, then rotate the glass to see the “islands” trailing the path of the wine on the walls. This is how a connoisseur can tell the wine’s strength. After the wine is agitated, careful smelling follows to detect the bouquet and then the wine is tasted.
Then he explains how to drink the wine: first admire the colour, then rotate the glass to see the “islands” trailing the path of the wine on the walls. This is how a connoisseur can tell the wine’s strength. After the wine is agitated, careful smelling follows to detect the bouquet and then the wine is tasted.
Nan says he keeps himself updated on all the prizes won by the Romanian wines in international competitions, mentioning that this year the wines of Tohani have won four internationals gold medals.
“Some Romanian wines have won the right to bear the baric predicate indicating that the wine in question is of high quality from reserves of collections,” he says.
Nan also says that he visits Romania as often as he can to see for himself how the wine he imports is kept, because quality is given by the barrels in which the wine is stored.
“Some Romanian wines have won the right to bear the baric predicate indicating that the wine in question is of high quality from reserves of collections,” he says.
Nan also says that he visits Romania as often as he can to see for himself how the wine he imports is kept, because quality is given by the barrels in which the wine is stored.
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