Wine cellar Milestii Mici in Moldova - stock photo

In August 2005, Milestii Mici was registered in the Guinness World Records as the biggest wine collection in the world. Overall, the complex holds nearly 2 million bottles. More than 70% of the stored wines are red, 20% are white and about 10% are dessert wines. The most valuable items of this collection, worth 480 euro a bottle, were produced in 1973-74; they are now exported only to Japan.Total length of galleries is 200 km, of which cca 55 km (an area of 182 thousand m²) is used for technological purposes. The width of layer to surface varies from 30 to 85 m. Big oak barrels were assembled at the enterprise in 70-80s, their capacity varies from 600 to 2000 wine decaliters.