ROMANIA/BULGARIA AO 95

BY ALAN OSBORNIT'S fair to say that neither Bulgarian nor Romanian wine stands very high in wine-lovers' affections at the moment. That wasn't always so.The wines were held in some esteem in the 80s, for instance, under the last years of communist rule, but standards have slipped pretty drastically in the score of years since then. "They've had some difficulty in overcoming their reputation though they can produce some very nice wines," said Quentin Rappoport, director of the Wine and Spirit Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "You've got some ...


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