 Up to the phylloxera crisis, each Romanian wine region had its own wine grape assortment, that generated specific local wines.Since the medieval period, wine has been the traditional alcoholic beverage of the Romanians.In the 1880s phylloxera (a pale yellow sap-sucking insect that attacks the roots of vines) was introduced accidentally also in Romania (1872, Chitorani, Dealul Mare wine-growing region), and destroyed the local viticulture in the coming years.