Wines that deserve to be taken notice of, with apologies for grouping so many vibrant and distinctive cultures together. Seen above, one of Orbelia’s vineyards in the far south-west of Bulgaria. See also Eastern European adventures.
The quality of wine now being made behind what used to be the Iron Curtain has been soaring, as Caroline Gilby MW has been pointing out on this site. See her various articles about Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia as well as her recent book on Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova. I devoted a couple of articles to the improving wines of Romania and...