Bulgaria hosts the international wine competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2016

The advisor to the minister of tourism Zhivko Tabakov took part in the official ceremony for the opening of the twenty-third edition of the most prestigious international wine competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2016. The event was held today in Pavilion 6 of the International Fair in Plovdiv and will continue for a period of three days. He read a welcome address on behalf of the minister of tourism Nikolina Angelkova, expressing hope that  the hosting of such a competition  will  contribute to Bulgaria and the region becoming even more desired tourist destinations.

The competition is held for the first time in Bulgaria with 8750 samples of wines from 51 countries.  A record number of Bulgarian wines will participate in the contest.  The international jury will taste over 260 wines of native producers. Based on the last year organizers’ data, the Bulgarian samples numbered 80 and 42 % of them won gold and silver prizes, marking a kind of a record for the Bulgarian wine industry.

320 leading journalists, sommeliers, wine merchants and oenologists from 52 countries are included in the tasting commissions of the world competition. 40 of these were Bulgarian  tasters.  All they will also be able to see the tourist attractions in the region and meet the ancient history of the most alive city in Europe – Plovdiv.

The 23^rd edition of the world famous wine competition was organized by Probegex in cooperation with Plovdiv Municipality, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the National Vine and Wine Chamber.