Wine tasting

In recent years, wine tourism has boomed globally with regions such as Tuscany, Alsace and Napa attracting an ever-growing international audience of wine lovers looking to discover their unique terroirs and wineries. So a new venture, Santorini Wine Villa, aims to promote the Santorini vineyard to an international audience. But what is Santorini Wine Villa?

The Famous Samos Wine: The Best “Ambassador” of Greek Wines Abroad

A special event titled "50 Great Greek Wines (50 GGW) Goes Big in London" took place on May 29 in London, under the auspices of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

Is there a way to predict the quality of the wine from this year's grape harvest? Can we know what a court will decide months before its final ruling? Can we help prevent cardiovascular disease in the future? Or, even, can we predict the weather using historical meteorological data? Artificial intelligence is here to provide a positive answer to all these diverse questions.

Tuğrul Şavkay Turkish Wines Competition, organized by the Wine Friends Association for the last 34 years, was held internationally for the first time this year as part of the "International Wine and Spirits Competition - IWSC."

Few days ago, you have become a judge at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). Congratulations! Could you explain your role and why is it important on national level?

More than 12,000 water analyzes in Sofia are performed by laboratory specialists every month. Tests are also made using a technique similar to wine tasting. The aim is to guarantee the quality of the water that the citizens of Sofia drink.

Bulgaria is ranked as the 13th best wine destination in the world by the British website lastminute.com by its Wine Travel Index.
Our country is ahead of Greece (# 14) and even Australia (# 15). New Zealand, which is also a popular wine region, remains only 18th.

But before us are countries like Cyprus, Chile, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia.

Bulgarian wine  Sauvignon Blanc, harvest 2017, won a prestigious international award at the International Wine Competition in Los Angeles. The wine is Face-to-Face and is produced from the New Bloom winery in the town of Saedinenie.

From the 30th of June to the 2nd of July, at the 59th International Wine Competition - Vino Ljubljana, 48 tasters from 15 countries selected five world champions out of 430 samples from 19 countries. This year the number of both, the samples and the tasters exceeded last year's, explained Mr. Matjaž Kovačič, the head of the team Vino Ljubljana.