Farm and agriculture competitions in Romania decided by public vote: organisers, rules and dates
Among farm and agriculture contests in Romania, the reports name one that used public voting: the Povesti cu vinuri romanesti wine label contest, run by BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania. Fans of the company's Facebook page voted in its 2022 edition, and the Facebook community chose the winning label in 2023. A 2025 vote by the same organiser for a Label of the Decade also ran on its Facebook page. The reports give no voting windows, eligibility rules or steps against fake votes.
Rechecked on 22 October 2026.
The Povesti votes were cast by the organiser's own Facebook audience
Three public votes appear in the reports, and each one ran on Facebook. In 2022 the voters were fans of BASF's Facebook page, and they picked the most attractive wine label. In 2023 the Facebook community picked the most beautiful label. The 2025 invitation asked wine fans to vote online on the same page. None of the reports says how large that audience was, or how many of its members took part in any single round.
Each electorate was defined by the organiser's Facebook page, so the people who took part were that page's audience rather than the whole public of Romania. The reports claim no wider electorate for any of the three. The word public in a headline therefore means the audience of one page. A reader who sees 'public vote' in a headline should first ask which audience it was run for, because that audience decides whose choice the winner reflects.
Compared with a national survey, these ballots are narrower, and that changes what a count means. A result tells a reader which label the page's fans preferred. It says nothing about what the wider market of Romanian wine drinkers thought, or what shoppers chose. Readers who want a wider reading need a survey that the reports do not contain.
- In 2022, fans of BASF's Facebook page voted for the most attractive wine label.
- In 2023, the Facebook community chose the most beautiful wine label of the contest.
- In 2025, BASF invited wine fans to vote online on its Facebook page.
- The reports define each electorate by the organiser's Facebook audience.
- The reports give no total turnout for any of the three ballots.
BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania is the only organiser the reports name
BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania is named as the organiser of the Povesti contest in 2022, and the same name runs through the 2025 Label of the Decade vote. The pages behind the reports are two Romanian business sites, Revista Biz and StartupCafe, and the organiser is named in each of the three entries. A reader comparing these entries is comparing one organiser's programme with itself, not with a field of rivals. Nothing in the record shows a second company running a comparable public vote in Romania.
The reports do not say who set the voting rules, who checked the Facebook count or who announced the winners. They name BASF as the organiser and stop there. Anyone who needs the organiser's rules for a given edition has to ask BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania for them, because the reports reproduce no rules text. Nothing in the reports substitutes for those rules.
The organiser is the one party that all three entries name. Two of them name the producer of the winning wine, and whether entry was limited to certain wineries is a question the reports leave open. A reader should not read a list of winning wineries as a list of eligible ones, because the reports do not say who was allowed to enter.
- BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania is named as the organiser of the Povesti contest in 2022.
- The 2025 Label of the Decade vote was also run by BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania.
- The reports name no other organiser of a public vote for farm or agriculture entries.
- The reports reproduce no rules text for any of the three votes.
- Revista Biz and StartupCafe carried the reports behind these entries.
Three criteria, three winners, and no definition of any of them
The three rounds asked for three different things. The 2022 round picked the most attractive label, the 2023 round the most beautiful one, and the 2025 Label of the Decade went to Crama Bratu's Fetească Regală after several hundred votes. The reports use two close words, attractive and beautiful, and define neither. A judged prize and a count of ballots answer different questions, and the reports do not say which of the two each round measured.
The 2025 name points to a period, and the reports say nothing about how that period was chosen or whether the vote covered all wines in it. Of the three criteria, that name is the hardest to read against the others.
A reader comparing winners across years should check the criterion before the winner, because the reports define none of the three. Winners are named, criteria are not. A criterion that stays undefined cannot be compared across editions, however many winners are lined up side by side.
- The 2022 Povesti round chose the most attractive wine label.
- The 2023 Povesti round chose the most beautiful wine label.
- The 2025 Label of the Decade winner was chosen after several hundred votes.
- The reports define none of the three criteria.
- The winners the reports name are wines from two Romanian wineries.
The reports give years, not voting windows
The dates the reports give are edition years. The 2022 vote belongs to the seventh edition, the 2023 result is dated 2023, and the 2025 invitation carries a year and nothing finer. A year is enough to place an edition in a sequence, but it is not enough to say whether a voting period lasted a day or a month. That difference decides whether two editions can be compared on timing.
The gap matters most for 2025, because that report gives an invitation, not a closing date. Wine fans were invited to vote online, and the winner was named after several hundred votes. The reports do not say when the invitation was issued or when voting stopped, and they do not say whether the invitation and the result fell in the same month.
A reader who needs the exact window for a Povesti round can only get it from BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania, and only if the company issued terms for that edition. The reports quote neither a date nor a deadline for any of the three, so no window can be stated here from them.
- The reports give editions and years, not opening and closing days.
- The 2022 round belonged to the seventh edition of the Povesti contest.
- The 2025 round was an online invitation issued on the organiser's Facebook page.
- No report gives the day a Povesti round opened or closed.
- The reports state no deadline for any of the three rounds.
Eligibility and fake votes are the two questions the reports leave open
Eligibility comes first. The reports say that fans of a Facebook page were allowed to vote in 2022 and that wine fans were invited in 2025, and they say nothing on residence, minimum age or the conditions a winery had to meet to enter. Whether a winery had to be registered as a producer is not described either. A platform's account rule, such as an age or sign-up requirement, is a separate matter from the organiser's own rules, and the reports do not connect the two.
Fake votes come second. The reports do not say whether the organiser removed duplicate ballots, checked accounts or moderated the page before counting. The only count in the record is the round figure of several hundred for the 2025 Label of the Decade, and it has no breakdown by source, by date or by page. A count with no breakdown cannot show how many of its ballots were checked, and the reports do not say that any were.
A reader who wants the checks behind a vote has to ask the organiser what it did, since the reports record none. What a reader can verify is narrower: three named editions, the Facebook page where the ballots ran, and the two Romanian business sites that carried the reports. Beyond those three points, the reports offer nothing that can be checked.
- The reports say nothing on residence, minimum age or entry conditions for wineries.
- The reports do not say whether voters had to live in Romania.
- A platform account rule is a separate question from the organiser's own rules.
- The only count in the record is a round figure of several hundred.
- No report describes how fake votes were detected in any of the three editions.
Rules that apply
The reports cite no Romanian statute on contests or online votes, so this page takes no legal position on whether such a vote is lawful. Two things the reports do state: the votes ran on the organiser's Facebook page, and the winners were named in the press. Where the organiser published its own terms, those terms set the entry and count rules, and the reports reproduce none of them. A reader who needs the terms for a given edition has to ask the organiser. Whether a Facebook vote fits a platform's promotion terms is a question the reports leave open.
What we decline
No farm contest for farmers is described here, because the reports name none; the only subject is a wine label contest run by BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania. This section cannot say which other Romanian contests run public votes, or how any organiser other than BASF counts them. No voting date, eligibility rule or anti-fraud step appears here, because the reports do not state one. The sources were checked on 22 October 2026, and the three entries were reviewed against their reports.
Questions and answers
Which farm and agriculture contests in Romania use public voting?
The reports name one: the Povesti cu vinuri romanesti wine label contest, run by BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania. Fans of the company's Facebook page voted in 2022, and the Facebook community chose the winning label in 2023. It is a wine contest, so it sits in the agriculture sector rather than among contests for farmers, and the reports name no other contest in that sector with a public vote.
Who organises farm and agriculture contests in Romania?
BASF Agricultural Solutions Romania is named as the organiser of the Povesti contest in 2022 and of a 2025 Label of the Decade vote. They name no other organiser of a public vote in this sector, so none is described here.
How are votes counted in farm and agriculture contests in Romania?
Facebook votes are the only mechanism the reports describe: fans picked a label in 2022, and the community picked one in 2023. The 2025 Label of the Decade winner came after several hundred votes. The reports do not say how the count was kept or whether a total was published.
When does voting open for farm and agriculture contests in Romania?
Years are the only dates the reports give, not voting windows. The 2022 edition was the seventh of the Povesti contest, the 2023 result is dated 2023, and the 2025 vote was an invitation issued that year. No report gives the day a vote opened or closed, so a reader who needs the window should ask the organiser.
What are the eligibility rules for farm and agriculture contests in Romania?
Who was allowed to vote is the only eligibility the reports state: fans of BASF's Facebook page in 2022, the Facebook community in 2023 and wine fans in 2025. They say nothing on residence, minimum age or entry conditions for wineries. A platform's account rule is a separate matter from the organiser's own rules, and the reports do not connect them.
How do organisers in Romania stop fake votes in farm and agriculture contests?
No step against fake votes appears in the Povesti votes or the Label of the Decade vote. The reports record a Facebook ballot and one round figure of several hundred. A count shows that a tally existed, not how it was checked. Anyone checking the steps should put the question to the organiser, because no report answers it.