site.btaSalla Estate Riesling 2023 Tops DiVino TOP 50 Ranking

Salla Estate Riesling 2023 topped the DiVino TOP 50 ranking for 2025. The ceremony where the winning wines in the TOP 50 and TOP 10 were announced, took place in the Sofia Grand Hotel Millenium on Thursday. 

DiVino founder Emil Kolarov said that DiVino TOP 50 "has never been just a rating but a moment of reckoning when we try to answer the questions about where Bulgarian wine stands today, where it is going, and do we have the courage to admit the truth". 

Koralov believes that Bulgarian wines continue to get better but the pace at which this is done, gets slowed down while "the world doesn't wait".

Deputy Tourism Minister Pavlin Petrov said that DiVino TOP 50 offers Bulgarian winemakers an opportunity to open their wineries for the people, help develop the wine culture, preserve the history of Bulgarian wine and create a community that will develop wine tourism in the future. 

Petrov said that the Tourism Ministry supports all wine events.

He presented a wine tourism award to the wine region of South Sakar.

The award for Best Wine in 2025 was presented for Salla Estate Riesling 2023 by Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Ivana Murdjeva. The winning wine is made by the Salla Estate winery in the region of the Northern Black Sea coast.

The Deputy Minister added to it the award for best wine from this region and the best white wine. 

Second in TOP 50 is Domaine Bessa Valley Syrah 2021 by Bessa Valley winery from the region of Western Thrace and the Rose Valley. This wine also grabbed the award for best wine in its region and best red.

Third came Rossidi Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Nikolaevo 2022, a sparkling wine made from Pinot Noir in the Rossidi winery, in the region of eastern Thrace. It was also named best wine in its region and best sparking wine.

The award for outstanding contribution to Bulgarian wine making in 2025 went to the enologist of the Dragomir Winery, Nataliya Gadjeva.

The TOP 10 rating for limited lines of up to 1,000 standard bottles was headed by Via Antica Tamyanka 2024 by the Via Antica winery from the region of Sakar and Eastern Rhodope.

The award for best wine in a big line (over 1,000 standard bottles) went to Angel’s Stallion Selection Syrah 2023 by the Angel’s Estate winery, from the region of Eastern Thrace.

The title for best pink wine went to Manastira winery for Ilija Rose Mavrud 2024, from the region of Western Thrace and Rose Valley.

The best dessert wine is a Gergana wine of Tsarev Brod winery.

The best wine from the Southern Black Sea coast in 2025 is Santa Sarah BIN 60 Mavrud 2024.

The best wine from the Struma Valley is Libera Hotovo Chardonnay Barrel 2023.

The Best Buy award, which reflects the quality-to-price ratio, was shared by three wines:  Svishtov Winery Cinderella Gamza 2022, Villa Ovcharovo Dimyat & Riesling 2024, and Yamantievs Vino Ivailovgrad Reserve 2022.

The Yasen Borislavov Award for wine reviews went to Ruslan Yordanov.