The Bulgarian stand at the 2015 Megavino in Brussels. Photo: Facebook page of Probegex
A record number of wineries representеd Bulgaria at this year's edition of the largest wine event in the Benelux – Megavino, which took place in Brussels between October 23 and 26.
The 17th edition of the wine fair represented more than 1000 wines from 35 countries, with 30 000 visitors attending daily Dnevnik informed.
Bulgaria was represented by 11 wineries: Alexandra Estate, Angelus Estate, Domaine Bessa Valley, Edoardo Miroglio Wine Cellar, Domaine Boyar, Logodaj Winery, Vinex Slavyantsi, Vinprom Peshtera, Minkov Brothers Wine Cellar and Izba Yamantievi and Asenovgrad Wine Plant.
The Bulgarian stand was the largest one from all 400 stalls participating in Megavino and was centrally located.
Megavino brought together importers, producers, representatives of large retail chains, restaurants, hotels and admirers of wine.
The interest towards Bulgaria is growing as the country was selected to host the prestigious international wine competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. The 22nd edition of Concours Mondial de Bruxelles will take place in the city of Plovdiv between 28 April and 1 May 2016.