Craft beer is in Bansko for yet another year in the shape of the Good Beer Show on 1st and 2nd August and 8th and 9th August (pre Bansko Jazz Festival meeting place). The beer show is hosted at Bansko Royal Towers, which is very close to the gondola lift — you can’t miss it. […]

Bulgarian rose´ wine. Not always good, but these little known gems are a revelation and a testament to the focus on quality I’m seeing in the Bulgarian wine industry. Dimitar (“Mitko’) Nikolov, wine buyer, Decanter magazine judge and his wife, Donka (from apollowine.com) joins me on the terrace as we taste our way through the […]

Dimitar (“Mitko”) Nikolov joins me yet again for a summer wine tasting of the very best white wines he knows. And he not only knows his wine, but he’s internationally respected for his wine tasting expertise. Mitko is a wine judge for Decanter Magazine — and has been for the last five years. His wife, […]

Calling all foodies. it’s time to come to Bansko. The Premier Luxury Mountain Resort  between 31st October and 29th November 2013. This, the third year of the gastronomy festival, looks like the best ever. See the programme below And there’s more… The Premier Gastronomy Festival The lengths that the Premier Luxury Mountain Resort go to […]

The Bansko Good Beer Show is back for the third year running.  The Bansko Good Beer Show is being held both on the 2nd August and the 9th August. With craft beer from six countries, both regular and new beer and cider drinkers are catered for. So if you’re over for the Bansko Jazz Fest […]

It’s been a while since I took a look at wine. The last time was a tasting of Bulgarian rose wine. Prior to that I wrote about the wines from Midiladare Estate and before then I compiled my Top 10 Bulgarian wines: but vintages have changed. Join me as I set about a Summer of wine discovery. No […]