Conacul dintre Vii

When one thinks wine, Romania most likely does not spring to mind. But this country has more than just Dracula going for it. Four major wine-producing regions include Dealu Mare, an area specializing in red vintages, spread over rolling sub-Carpathian hills on the same parallel as Bordeaux and Tuscany. In the heart of this unsung wine country, just 90 kilometers from Bucharest, Conacul dintre Vii provides an elegantly rustic retreat in a manor house dating back to the nineteenth century. Twenty-one guest rooms and suites showcase the building's original architectural features, while the wine cellar stocks homemade comfitures and pickles, as well as barrels of wine. Best of all is the cuisine, cooked by nuns from a neighboring monastery with organic ingredients grown by surrounding households.