It's Not Just The Bulgarians Who Love Rakia

Well Rakia is the business in France apparently having won the highest prize possible at the oenolgy competition held in there last month. This is some accolade as the French know their spirits, but this wasn’t confined to French judges, it was an international group of spirit experts that considered the award. This will be no surprise to Bulgarians, but many others will now will look at Rakia more seriously other than just being tagged as rocket fuel.

Bulgarian rakia wins the highest prize at a French oenology competition Submitted on Tuesday, 10 March 2009 Bulgarian rakia (strong alcoholic beverage) won the prized trophy of the French oenology competition Vinalies Internationales. This was announced by “Domain Boyard”, producer of the notable alcohol. The rakia Solitaire Special Selection 2008 of the company was recognized by the international jury as the best distilled drink of the entire competition. 127 experts from 32 countries participated in the fifteenth edition of the prestigious competition. They evaluated 3500 samples of wine and other alcohols from all international wine making regions. Clipped from www.bulgariagazette.com