Harmanli News October, 2008

2008/10/23

Amazing Archaeological Discovery in the South of Sakar Mountain

A sensational golden discovery was made in the South of Sakar Mountain by a team of archaeologists under the governance of Ph.D. Borislav Borislavov from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and Nadezhda Ivanova - vice-chief (National Institute Of Archaeology and Museum - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).

The expedition explored a mound in the surroundings of Izvorovo village, Harmanli Municipality. The mound is 31 m in diameter, 2, 9 m in height. Two stages of heaping were...

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2008/10/01

One of the World's Top Enologists with Bulgarian Wine

One of the world's most famous enologists, Michel Rolan, arrives in Bulgaria on October 2 to present his new brand of Bulgarian wines.
In 2005 he starts collaboration with one of Bulgaria's leading wine producers "Telish".

The French specialist will consult them on the newly founded cellar Castra Rubra.

The project for developing 250 hectares of vines in South Bulgaria has influenced Rolan's decision to include Bulgaria on his wine map.

"Castra Rubra" is the name of an early Byzantian...