Blaufränkisch goes by the name "Burgund Mare" in Romania, where most of the variety's 891 hectares (2,202 acres) are located in the southern wine regions of Ștefănești and Dealu Mare. In recent years, plantings of the grape have expanded eastward towards warmer vineyard sites near the Black Sea. In Bulgaria, for many years the Blaufränkisch plantings in the country, known as "Gamé", were thought to be the Gamay noir grape grown in the Beaujolais wine region of France until DNA evidence proved that it was in fact Blaufränkisch.