Cramele Recaș

Cramele Recaș, half an hour from Timișoara, is one of Romania's most dynamic and award-winning wineries — and one of the few whose wines reach shelves in the UK and the US. Here Banat tradition meets high-precision winemaking and ranges that made commercial history: Sole, Solo Quinta, Selene and La Putere. It works everything from ambitious international grapes — Syrah, Cabernet, Sauvignon Blanc — to the native Fetească Regală.

The estate is set up for tourism, with tastings, a restaurant and events among the vines. It's the most natural day trip in the west and the Banat's wine gateway, easy to fit into a weekend in Timișoara.