{"id":12636,"date":"2024-03-07T15:19:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/?p=12636"},"modified":"2024-03-07T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:19:18","slug":"al-goes-on-a-buying-trip-to-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/al-goes-on-a-buying-trip-to-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Al goes on a buying trip to Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-03-07T15:19:18+00:00\" title=\"7 March 2024 at 15:19:18 Europe\/London\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">2 years ago<\/time><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><h2 class=\"w-post-elm 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We travelled to Katarzyna Estate right on the Greek border where they produce 7 million bottles of wine. It was a very impressive operation with a state of the art technologies and artwork along the walls.<\/p>\n<p>The next day we drove to the city of Plovdiv where we attended VINARIA 2024. I met many small producers, some producing as little as 2000 bottles. Most were very traditional with lots of extraction and use of Bulgarian oak.<\/p>\n<p>Myself and James Fleetwood, importer of Chateau Burgozone, travelled to the Danube Plain on the Romania border. We were hosted by the family and fed traditional food which paired excellently with their wines. Highlights were a viognier and Tamayanka.<\/p>\n<p>We then travelled back to Sofia to meet up with the rest of the group, did some sightseeing, found an Irish bar to watch the rugby before getting ready for our final dinner.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_author vcard author color_link_inherit with_ava avapos_top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/owcaljoscha\/\" class=\"fn\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"post-author-ava\" style=\"font-size:96px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-96x96.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Staff-photos-colour-5.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"post-author-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/owcaljoscha\/\" class=\"post-author-name fn\">Aljoscha Wright<\/a><div class=\"post-author-info\">Aljoscha was born in Cape Town and lived the city life until the age of seven when he moved to the South African countryside. He studied Politics, Economics and Sociology at Stellenbosch University, and during his time there worked at a number of wine farms. After graduating Al moved to the UK to take up a job at a friend\u2019s pub on the Norfolk Coast. He left again for the Alps, then South East Asia and South Africa again, before coming back to the UK. He joined The Oxford Wine Company as Assistant Manager of our Botley Road shop, then Spirits Buyer, and now heads up our range-wide buying operation.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 years agoAl goes on a buying trip to BulgariaI was one of a group of seven other buyers visiting Bulgaria. 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