Bulgarian wine producers

On the 17 and18th of April 2017, in the restaurant “Bulgaria”, located in Sofia. The restaurant has twenty-two Bulgarian wine cellars from all the different wine-producing regions of the country. The trend of the exhibit was the revival and interest of growing Bulgarian wine sorts and showing the different varieties. Most of the wine is in the medium price class ranging from 7 to 15 lv. a bottle.

The native winemakers are working on new flavours, aiming to create unique types of wines. This year’s hits are the orange wine from Traminer and Misket and the lesser known Rose Rubin. You can also enjoy the incredible rose “Hand Made” Mavrud, hand-milled and aged in acacia barrels, or the impressive bio-wine “Vinica” made from 100% Mavrud from vintage 2013, created by Amarone manufacturing technology.

The unique Bulgarian types of grape have given life to wines like “Bela Rada” from naturally mixed vineyards with Chancellors, Chardonnay and Aligot from vintage 2015, aged 9 months in oak barrels, and “Bel Mu” from Chancellors, Chardonnay, aged 22 months in Bulgarian oak barrels.

The traditional Bulgarian sorts of wine are bringing back forgotten old flavors. Wines from Dimyat and Misket are being revived, also from Sandanski, Misket, and suitable for the summer heat, Tamiyanka. With the rising popularity of White mavrud, made by red grape, the traditional Rubin and the new tastes in the blending from Mavrud and Rubin or Merlo with raspberry wine, produced from 95 decares of bio certified raspberry crops.

Winemakers from Ruse and Varna area are making a big impression with non-traditional and at the same time impressive flavours of the classic French and German wines. More and more wines are made by bio technologies, without adding sulphites. Blends like „Hrumki“ for example, the wine series „Tiara“ and many more are made by bio technologies and don’t add sulphites.

As a positive sign for the grown prestige of the Bulgarian boutique winemakers, is the presenting of the Spanish guests with their Blue Wine – a blend of red and white grape types.

The wineries are satisfied with the demand for the native sorts both in foreign markets and local markets. A plan is in effect to increase the share the unique Bulgarian sorts from which they produce their most competitive wines for the domestic market and for export.

This spring will take place exhibitions of wine: EnjoyWine 2017 are taking parts winemakers from “Zagreus“, „Villa Melnik“, „Villa Vinifera“, „Trastena“, „Malkata zvezda “, „Prisoe“, „Maryan“, „Bratanovi“, „Salla Estate“, „Rupel“, „Orbelus“, „Chateau Copsa“, „Orbelia“, „Karabunar“, „Dragomor“, „Staro Oryahovo“, „Manastira“, „Borovitza“, „Sirona“, „Nisovo“ and „Via Berde“.