The Romanian embassy hosted a reception last week to promote tourism and wine at the embassy building.

A documentary ― “The Mountain” ― on Romania’s tourism attractions was shown at the event. It was produced by KBS2, the news and entertainment channel of Korean Broadcasting System, in collaboration with the embassy and aired on Dec. 7 last year.

Some of the locations covered in the documentary included, The Bran Castle ― home of the titular character in Bram Stoker’s Dracula ― and the Bucegi Natural Park in central Romania ― famous for its pristine natural habitat, flora and fauna and rock formations.

The documentary also covered Sibiu city in central Romania ― a 2007 European Cultural Capital recognized for its medieval forts and history museums ― and the Fagaras Mountains ― a popular hiking and trekking destination.

WineLand, which officially imports Romanian wine, provided tasting samples to the invitees.

Romania is the world’s eighth largest wine producing country and famous for its white wines. The Cotnari region in the north produces sweet-tasting white wines made of grapes rich in sugar content.

The Murfatlar region located just miles west of the Black Sea produces sweet dessert wines ― Pinot Gris and Muscat Ottonel.

The Dracula’s Lounge, which serves traditional Romanian cuisine near Itaewon, served Romanian pies at the event.

By Joel Lee (joel@heraldcorp.com)