Gräfenberg, the depots of Mediaș and the town itself: places that appear in documents and exist on the map. We do not publish a visiting timetable we cannot keep; we publish how to reach them and what can be seen.
Gräfenberg
Gräfenberg is the hill above Mediaș, with the vineyard that gave the estate its name. Here Michael Ambrosi sen. planted 20 ha with vines and American hybrid rootstocks; here his son made, after 1919, the clone selections that led to Fetească Regală. The name appears in the documents beside plantings, harvests and selections, not beside a manor.
The landscape is a working one: rows of vines, farm tracks, a view over the town. It is not a park and not a museum site. The photographs in the archive — the plantings on Gräfenberg, the harvest — show what to look for on the ground: the structure of the rows, the old plants, the traces of irrigation.
Access is with the owner's agreement and is arranged through contact. We do not promise tastings and we do not promise entry to the cellars: we promise a reading of the place, if it is a suitable day. Visits are by arrangement.
The depots of Mediaș
The depots are the most important and least visible part of the story. Ambrosi held Transylvania's wine logistics depots at Mediaș, sited beside the railway, because the train was the principal means of transport of the age. Here the wine that went to the kingdom and the monarchy was gathered, held and prepared for dispatch.
The buildings now have other uses, and the cellar does not operate as a museum. What remains is the paperwork: the envelope «Viile și Pivnițele Ambrosi, Mediaș», the Ambrosi Imperial and Ambrosi Privat labels, the expert report and the house catalogue. They show a business that thought in seasons, in wagons and in stocks.
Visiting the depots belongs to the future of the project, not its present. Access is arranged through contact, depending on the state of the works and the owners' agreement.
Events
Mediaș already has a calendar that carries the wine story forward: Weinfest Mediaș, Weinfest Christmas Edition and Oktoberfest Boutique, organised within the Core of Transylvania platform. To these is added the International Day of Fetească Regală, whose proclamation in Mediaș was launched in 2021 and which is celebrated every year on 3 June.
The programme and exact dates are announced year by year by the organisers; for current editions, the surest thing is to ask directly. The site does not publish a permanent calendar and does not put up dates it cannot keep.
The Ambrosi project's presence at these events is natural: a town that celebrates its wine needs the documentary side too, not only the festive one. That is where the archive, the house and the future cellar come in.