For the sixth year in Plovdiv you can taste young Bulgarian wines during the already traditional Young wine parade. The actual tasting will be held from 25th to November 27th in the restaurants and the galleries in the Old Town. The accompanying program however starts on on November 21st with an international painting exhibition in the House of the ethnic groups. A day later in Theater Hand you can enjoy the play “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza or the ridiculous adventures of Doncho Manchev and Stancho Panchev”.
On 23rd you can taste Turkish, Macedonian, Armenian, Russian and Italian wines the House of the ethnic groups. On 24th of November in restaurant Monroe you can have a walk around Bulgaria tasting typical wines from different regions. The actual parade will start with Dionysian procession from the square of the municipality at 1 p.m. on 25th of November. In the opening ceremony will take part ensemble “Trakia”. An hour later will be given an official start to the tasting with the help of Theodosii Spasov.
On November 26th you can learn what are the best Bulgarian wine appetizers and cook them in the culinary workshop with chef Chakarov in Gallery “Encho Pironkov.” Or to learn how to paint with wine with the help of Daniela Rousseva. On November 27th there will also be a culinary workshop, but with chef Kolibarov. Tokens for tasting in the Old Town can be bought from any house with exhibitors. With one token you can try one glass of wine. During the event you can buy a glass of wine with the logo of the parade or cloth bag with compartments for wine bottles. On Friday and Saturday the wine tasting will continue until 7 p.m and on Sunday – up to 5 p.m. It is expected the parade to be visited by 20,000 people from Bulgaria and abroad.
During the parade there is also a competition program for the selection of the best young white, red and rosé wines. There are prizes for visitors who had choose their favorite wines. There’s also an objective ranking that counts the collected from the wineries tokens.
This year you can try drinks at the restaurant “Filipopolis” gallery “Encho Pironkov” restaurant “Photo Club”, Balabanov house, pharmacy “Hippocrates”,Ethnographic Museum, Gallery “Zlatyu Boyadzhiev”, house “Birdas” restaurant “Grajdanski club”, residence” Thraciiski stan”, thecultural center “Byalata kushta” and house “Georgiadi “.
Cellars, wineries and other companies that will participate are Angels Estate, Trastena, Svishtov, Kozya gramada, Kiossev, Slow Food Plovdiv, Kaynardja, Stracin, Edoardo Miroglio, Karnobat, Santa Maria, Chernomorsko zlato, Marash, Asenovgrad, Ilian Kodinov, Dyado Plamen, Logodaj, Enjoy Wine, Chateau Copsa, Britanovi, Novoselska Gamza, Brestovitza, Vinifera, Bratya Daskalovi, Villa Teres, Villa Justina, Melvino, Starossel, Suedinenie, Malkata zvezda, Rural appetizers – Boyadzhiev, Gastro center Plovdiv, Bendida, Yamantievi, Todorov, Chief du Radichev.