If you enjoy drinking a perfect wine and love horses at the same time you have one more reason to visit Varna. Because only 60 km away in the area of Blaskovo village is situated Salla estate. To be sure that the produced wine is really perfect you have to know that Salla Cabernet Franc 2013 was awarded with a Grand gold medal at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. This is the most prestigious independent wine competition in the world and the only international competition, which makes further examination of the awarded wines to ensure consistency in quality. 
The grapes for Salla wine are grown in 30 hectares vineyards located next to the winery on the Southwest slope. The terrain is hilly and the area combines unique natural conditions – a combination of suitable soil, terrain and climate. The planting material is of the French company “Guillaume” and includes elite white varieties Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Traminer, Riesling, attractive red varieties Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and the local Bulgarian Vratsa Muscat variety. 
You can choose from different tasting packages with starting price 20 leva /apx 10 euro/. The basic tasting includes visiting of the winery and getting familiar with the technology, used for grape processing until the wine is produced, tasting of three types of wine accompanied by homemade bread, cheese, yellow cheese and meatballs. 
If you choose one of the other packages you can get traditional Bulgarian meals for lunch and dinner or both, to stay there for overnight and have breakfast or to receive a special souvenir. But the favorite part of the horse lovers will be the opportunity to ride elite horses from the Lipizzaner breed. The breed is mostly famous because of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna and its dancing horses. 
You can ride the magnificent horses on the arena or in the open. The breed is suitable for beginners. Buit if you prefer to keep it calm you can rent also a sports phaeton or carriage for 4-5 persons. Booking hotels in Varna
