ASTOR CENTER/NYC Who knew??? Former Soviet Union territory , the Republic of Moldova -an Eastern Europe country---has a thriving wine industry encompassing 276,000 acres of vineyards-boasting the usual suspects necessary for primo sips-climate, terroir (limestone etc), and winemaker know-how-of the old and new... A select group of wines from that country's four main wine regions (Valul lui Traian, Stefan Voda, Codru, Balti) were recently poured for NYC food/wine industry and media types---at the Lafayette street Astor Center-an event space above one of the 'it' wine stores in this country. Vinaria din Vale -one of the biggest wineries in Moldova-we tried the Feteasca Alba 2013 and its 'sister' wine Feteasca Neagra 2013-from sandy soil, mild climate--lovely dry wines, Everything we tasted-was delicious-ranging from sophisticated complex-to everyday table wines...including selections featuring over 30 indigenous (Feteasca Alba, Feteasca Neagra, Rara ...