PHILOSOPHY

HISTORY

VINEYARDS
- Stirbey Vineyard
- Bibescu Vineyard
- Bengescu Vineyard
- Moraru Vineyard
- Tiberie Vineyard
- Pencovici Vineyard
- Foisor Vineyard
WINES:
MERLOT
SAUVIGNON BLANC

WINES:
ROSE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
NOVAC
NEGRU DE DRAGASANI

WINES:
CRAMPOSIE SELECTIONATA

WINES:
SAUVIGNON BLANC

WINES:
TAMAIOASA ROMANEASCA SEC

WINES:
FETEASCA REGALA
TAMAIOASA ROMANEASCA DULCE

WINES:
CRAMPOSIE SELECTIONATA
NEGRU DE DRAGASANI
NOVAC

CELLAR

ECHIPA

For more than 300 years, people from the village of Mitrofani, with all their passion and experience, formed and transferred from generation to generation, are involved in the works in the vineyards and in the winery of the Stirbey Domaine, giving birth with the work of their hands to natural wines of excellent quality.

ILEANA KRIPP
After escaping in 1969 from a prison-country, Ileana rediscovered their ancestors´ land in 1997, spending her honeymoon with Jakob in Romania, and reencountering the roots of Stirbey family. Rediscovering her own family´s roots inspired her to give rebirth to the tradition of Stirbey wines from Dragasani.

JAKOB KRIPP
His skills as lawyer enabled the restitution of the Stirbey Domaine in Dragasani. From his very first vist in 1999, Jakob was enchanted by this charming place in the hills of Dragasani. Discovering the potential of this wine region, his “genetical predisposition” was awakened, formed by his family´s 500 years old winegrowing tradition in South Tyrol.

DUMITRU NEDELUT
Working in the 1980-ies in the former Stirbey vineyards in Dragasani as agronomist, he wished to give back to the Stirbey family´s heirs in a good shape these vineyards he took care of with all his passion and professional skills for more than 20 years within the state-owned winery of Dragasani. Already at their first meeting with Dumitru, Ileana si Jakob Kripp felt his exceptional professional dedication, and entrusted him as administrator the Stirbey Domaine in Dragasani.

RALUCA BAUER
Met for the first time with Stirbey Domaine in Dragasani with the help of Oliver, who served the first vintage of Stirbey wines at a wine show in Bucharest in November 2004. She immediately fell in love – not only with Oliver, but also with the wines he created. And who could promote these wines better then the winemaker´s wife?

OLIVER BAUER
Learned for the first time in 2003 about the history of Stirbey Domaine in Dragasani, at the occasion of a meeting with Jakob Kripp in a beer brewery in Bavaria. Pushed by the curiosity of a true wine enthusiast, he saw a unique professional chance and immediately accepted Jakob´s offer to participate as winemaker in an expedition into a wine region completely unknown to him, but rich in winegrowing tradition and plenty of precious indigenous grape varieties.