Jidvei wines are nurtured in Romania, within the Târnave wine region, along the two Târnave rivers: Târnave Mica and Târnava Mare. The Târnave region is situated in Jidvei, Alba County. History Jidvei Wines is considered to be the second motherland of the Tarnave Wine Region. Tarnave recognizes that in the second half of the thirteenth century there was a mass colonization by the Saxons from the Mosel Rhine Valley. The Saxons founded Jidvei also known in German as Seiden. The first agricultural unit, with wine-growing profile of great proportions, was founded in 1949 and has developed consistently, and as of the 2000s, has a cultivated area of approximately 2000 hectares. The 1999 privatization of the wine-growing and fruit-growing sector and of the cellars offered the Târnave Vineyard new opportunities of development and affirmation of its capacities which led to increase exports and domestic sales. Natural environment The vineyard is spread on a surface of about 2000 hectares (with around 250 hectares renewed every year) and it is situated at an altitude between 200-500 meters, with most of the vineyards set on southern exposure slopes, which makes the sun rays and atmospheric circulation to favor vine cultures. The land benefits of a continental-plateau type climate with an average temperature of +9 °C (January −4 °C, July +18 °C). The moderate temperature during the grapes' maturing period determine slow oxidation reactions, helping to a continual accumulation of sugars and aromas and to a not so accentuated reduction of acidity. The soils are divided into three categories: forest brown, forest brown with different degrees of podzolisation and river-bank soils, all three types of soil enabling vine cultivation. Vine-growing and wine-making technologies The production of grapes per hectare is between 3000 kilograms and 9000 kilograms with an average of around 6500 kilograms per hectare. The constant concern for increasing not only the quantity, but also the quality of the Jidvei wines was translated through an extensive investment program that began with rehabilitating the vine-growing areas - a project worth 11 million Euro - and went on with investments in modern agricultural machinery and environmental-friendly vine-growing technologies. The wine-making technologies have also been updated and, currently, the wine cellars are equipped with the latest wine-making machineries controlling every aspect of the process from fermentation to bottling. These modern technologies together with the classical methods of aging in barrels or bottles – still preserved for some