Winegrowers in Pomorie Rally Against Ministry’s New Rules: Is the Future of Bulgarian Wine at Risk?

In Pomorie, a protest by local wine producers saw a motorcade of tractors, harvesters, and cargo trucks take to the streets in response to new requirements set by the Ministry of Finance. The new regulations mandate that winegrowers weigh their harvested grapes in the vineyards and submit real-time electronic declarations to the National Revenue Agency (NRA) detailing the quantity of raw material.

Protesters are calling for the removal of these requirements....