The Winery Villa Ilia of Melnik

Winery Villa Ilia - Melnik Pyramids Melnishka Loza
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Melnik.
It is located in Melnik

The Winery Villa Ilia is one of the best wineries to follow in Melnik.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Melnik to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Villa Ilia wines

Looking for the best Winery Villa Ilia wines in Melnik among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Villa Ilia wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Villa Ilia wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Villa Ilia

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Villa Ilia

How Winery Villa Ilia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discovering the wine region of Melnik

The wine region of Melnik of Bulgaria. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Zagreus or the Logodaj Winery produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Melnik are Melnik, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Melnik often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or walnut and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.

We currently count 25 estates and châteaux in the of Melnik, producing 108 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Melnik go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Villa Ilia

Planning a wine route in the of Melnik? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Villa Ilia.

Discover the grape variety: Ortega

An intraspecific cross between Müller-Thurgau and Siegerrebe obtained in 1948 by Hans Breider (1908-1960) at the Bavarian Research Station for Viticulture and Horticulture in Veitsnöchheim (Germany). Almost unknown in France, it can be found in Germany, Belgium, England, the United States and Canada. Its early maturity and muscatel taste have sometimes led to it being offered as a table grape on market stalls.

News about Winery Villa Ilia and wines from the region

DO Penedès: new rules and aiming for Spanish wine’s top-tier

On 16 November 2021, the Denomination of Origin Penedès in Catalunya (DO Penedès) announced an extensive roadmap up to 2030, taking into account sustainability and establishing the region as a high-quality wine producer in Spain. Most immediately, all grapes for DO Penedès wines must be from fully-certified organic vineyards by 2025. While it’s an aggressive timeline, DO Penedès president Joan Huguet told Decanter, ‘Currently around 60% of the vineyards are already certified and our ...

Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes

While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...

Plans to rebuild after wildfire damages rare vines in Crete

Growers in the village of Melambes in Crete saw devastating wildfires cause ‘complete damage to 300 acres (121.4 hectares) of old pre-phylloxera vines’ in July, according to an online crowdfunding page created to support viticulture in the area and help those affected. Although fire burned 90% of the vineyard, it’s hoped some damaged vines can be rescued, said winemaker Iliana Malihin, of her namesake winery and who has spearheaded a community project to revive the site in recent years. Ye ...

The word of the wine: Dry

Champagne with between 17 and 35 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).