Report Highlights:
Wine market has enjoyed a steady growth in 2007/08, along with increased
diversity and quality. High-end and imported wine segment was the most dynamic
and with strong market presence. Overall, wine brought 20 percent more value to
the HRI sector and 16.5 percent more sales to the retailers. However, local
commercial wine supply, and especially that of quality wine, dropped for the first
time over the last 5 years. Bulgaria has continued to be a large wine exporter to
Russia but the effect of this export policy on the local winemakers still remains to
be seen.