Bounce Magazine May 2018
Featuring the lovely Nadine Coyle, former Girls Aloud Star, Singer Songwriter Frank Turner. We also have a food and drink special, feature the bury Festival and have plenty of summer recipes, competitions and interesting columns from our usual contributors.
Featuring the lovely Nadine Coyle, former Girls Aloud Star, Singer Songwriter Frank Turner. We also have a food and drink special, feature the bury Festival and have plenty of summer recipes, competitions and interesting columns from our usual contributors.
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FOOD & DRINK<br />
MAY <strong>2018</strong> MAY | ISSUE <strong>2018</strong> #67 | ISSUE | FOOD #67 & DRINK<br />
mainly white wines, the most important being<br />
Tirnave, wines similar to Mosel in Germany.<br />
Crisana - To the west and influenced by the<br />
Adriatic producing crisp white wines.<br />
blight in the late 1880’s affected it and led to a lot<br />
of replanting. The French were consulted about<br />
what to replant. It was agreed that several local<br />
varieties such as the red Mavrud, Pamid, Gamza<br />
(Kadarka) and white Miskat (Muscat) be retained.<br />
Silvania - North of Transylvania and moderate<br />
climate.<br />
Moldavia - Cotnari one of the oldest regions.<br />
Famous for sweet wines.<br />
Muntenia - North of Bucharest with the area<br />
called Dealul Mare, this provides good red wines<br />
using French varieties.<br />
Oltenia - West of Bucharest and dating from<br />
Roman times. The Sauvignon Blanc<br />
does well here.<br />
Banat - Near Serbia and the<br />
Danube it has a mixture of local<br />
grapes and imported ones.<br />
Dobrudja - Near the Black Sea<br />
with Murfatler being the most<br />
important part. Many French<br />
varieties making good wine as well<br />
as a supply of table grapes.<br />
Indigenous grapes - Many are still used mainly<br />
Feteasca, Rkatsiteli and Grasa among many<br />
others.<br />
Bulgaria...<br />
Wine has been made in Bulgaria for at least 3000<br />
years. It was probably mostly sweet wine and<br />
sold to the Greeks. Even during the crusades it<br />
was spared because of its wine. The phylloxera<br />
The Gamay Noir and Syrah from France were also<br />
planted. The Bulgarian Wine Institute was formed<br />
in Pleven in 1902. The 20’s and 30’s saw the<br />
growth co-operatives but with Communist rule in<br />
the 60’s and 70’s much export wine was<br />
mass produced creating a plonk regime.<br />
In 1989 with the fall of communism<br />
privatisation ensued leading to better quality<br />
wine production.<br />
Main Regions...<br />
There are 5 viticultural Regions...<br />
The Danubian Plain - Good conditions<br />
for Muscat, Cabernet Sauvignon,<br />
Merlot, Chardonnay, Pamid and the<br />
Gamza.<br />
Black Sea - Riesling, Muscat,<br />
Sauvignon Blanc and Gewurztraminer<br />
are grown here.<br />
Rose Valley - The Sungurlare Valley is famous<br />
for a red Misket grape variety.<br />
Thracian Lowland - A temperate climate and<br />
adequate rainfall produce good red wine from<br />
Mavrud, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscat and<br />
Pamid grapes.<br />
Struma River Valley - In the South West. From<br />
the historical region of Macedonia with some<br />
local grapes and Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.<br />
Conclusions...<br />
Give them both a try as they historically, have been in the top league of wine producers.<br />
Especially look for some of the local grape varieties such as Gamza, Feteasca, Mavrud and<br />
Rkatsiteli. I have tasted some fine Pinot Noir as well.<br />
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