Printer Friendly Version 28/2/2019 Byzantine dinner at Cercle Royal Gaulois, tasting of wines from our region @ 28 February 2019 11:33 AM

At this year's traditional gala dinner in the prestigious club Cercle Royal Gaulois, held on 27 February, the Association of Oenologists in the Kingdom of Belgium organized a presentation of "Byzantine" wines, where, in addition to three wines from Greece, one from Bulgaria and one from Romania, was also presented the Serbian red wine Aurelius 2011 barrique, varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, produced by the Kovačević Winery from Sremski Karlovci. Representative wines were selected by the sommelier Mark Wekmans, who has presented the wines from Southeastern Europe. He explained that Aurelius 2011 barrique has been chosen as the best one among eight wines from Republic Serbia.

The evening was attended by Ambassador Marina Jovicevic

and organizers paid special tribute to Serbian Embassy for the assistance provided in organizing the event. Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Brussels organized the performance of Serbian singer Mirjana Kostic, resident in Belgium, who sang three traditional spiritual songs on a gala evening.

The Embassy also provided for propaganda material on wine routes in the Republic of Serbia of the Tourist Organization of Serbia. As part of this event, the Cercle Royal Gaulois also featured an exhibition of icons, most of which were Russian and Greek icons, as well as the Serbian icon of Saint Sava, from a personal collection of professor dr Theodoros Koutroubas, received as a gift from late Serbian Patriarch Pavle.