Bulgariana Pinot Noir Featured in The Washington Post
January 21, 2016Explore the Balkans and Asia Minor in these 5 bottles.
By Dave McIntyre | The Washington Post
Here are five exciting wines from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey to begin your exploration of the Balkans and Asia Minor. They may test your pronunciation and tolerance for diacritical marks, but they should delight your palate. The Castra Rubra wines are just reaching the Washington market and should be more easily obtainable in the District and Maryland in a few weeks. The stores listed here are good sources for the G&B wines.
Bulgariana Pinot Noir 2011
★ ★
Danube Plain, Bulgaria, $14
It’s a dark-colored, deep-flavored pinot that’s similar to those from the Russian River Valley or Anta Maria Valley in California. ABV: 13.5 percent.
G&B: New to the market but should soon be available in the District at Calvert Woodley; in Maryland at Finewine.com in Gaithersburg, the Wine Harvest (Gaithersburg, Potomac).
