Vila Yambol EAD (Bulgaria)

Vila Yambol EAD is a company located in Yambol, Bulgaria. They have production facilities for red, white, and sparkling wines in Yambol, as well as a winery in Straldzha. The company has made significant investments between 2003 and 2005 to expand their production capacity, acquire new distillation columns, vinifiers, pumps, and barrels made of French and Bulgarian oak, as well as build a new cooperage workshop. Their total grape processing capacity is over 16 million kg, and their storage capacity is over 18 million kg. The production base in Yambol has a total vessel capacity of 11,000 tons and the ability to process 500 tons of raw materials per day, as well as three bottling lines with a capacity of 3,000 bottles per hour. Vila Yambol is one of the few companies in Bulgaria that has its own cooperage workshop. Experienced coopers craft new barrels from high-quality Bulgarian oak, and old barrels are recycled using French technology. The company has over 800 high-quality French barrels with a capacity of 225 liters, and over 1,000 Bulgarian barrels with capacities of 500 liters and 225 liters. The barrels are regularly replaced every 3-4 years. The winery produces one of the highest quality brandies in Bulgaria, the "Straldzha Muscat Brandy," which has received numerous national and international awards.