Varna — Capital of Wine

Varnae vinum, in mari sanitas
In Varna, wine; in the sea, health

Which wine with which meze — a source for every fact and a “why” for every pairing. Starting from Varna and the Black Sea.

What meze do you have?

What wine do you have?

Pairings have three levels: with a source (winery, expert, book, tradition), “the winery recommends this kind of meze”, and suggested by pairing rules. None is blind-tasted yet.

39meze

67grapes

190wineries

35with a source

117for the kind of meze

163by the rules

0blind-tasted

Meze

Ajvar
Spreads Black Sea turbot
From the sea Bulgarian white brined cheese (sirene)
Cheese Cacık (Turkish)
Salads Chushki burek
Grill Dolma / dolmades
Grill Ezme
Spreads Feta
Cheese Filet Elena (cured pork loin)
Cured meat Fried sprat (tsatsa / tritsona)
From the sea Gornooryahovski sudzhuk
Cured meat Haydari
Cheese

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