Description
Winery
Casa Vinicolă Luca is a family business whose origins have been lost in history. Modern history was merciless to the members of this family: the Soviet regime confiscated all their possessions and deported a significant portion of them to labor camps in Siberia. Only great-grandfather Petru escaped deportation because he happened to be in the vineyard on that fateful night, where he stayed for a few days until the work was done, saving him. Upon his return, he found his home occupied by Soviet officers. He fought as long as he could to bring his family back home and largely succeeded in convincing the regime that they were not “kulaks” or “traitors to the homeland.” Upon their return, they were given the barn where they had previously stored their tools for cultivating the land and the vineyard. There, they continued their lives.
Grandfather Grigore carried on the tradition, producing wine throughout his life, albeit under domestic circumstances since private ownership did not exist, and being an entrepreneur was not allowed. During perestroika, father Ion ended up in one of the country’s largest wine cellars, Cricova, where he, along with his son Vasile, was actively involved in the production of some of the most renowned wines in Moldova – the wines of the Cricova cellar.
