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Bless your senses with a wine-tasting tour
- Licensed guide to explain the local grape varieties
- Customizable itinerary to match your needs
- Private and comfortable vehicle
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Bulgaria ranks in the top five wine producers of Europe. Want to know why? Come on a wine-tasting tour in Bulgaria with us, and you’ll soon understand. From rich, fruity reds to refreshing whites and delicate rosés, you go deep into the wine lands to sample some of the finest Bulgarian produce.
In Bulgaria, ample sunlight penetrates the grapes and yields aromatic wines that must be tasted. Numerous regions and grape varieties across the country deserve the attention of wine lovers – from Melnik, the wine capital of Bulgaria, in the west to the Black Sea and Danube Plain on the east.
Join us on a Journey of Tastes and Emotions
Day Trip to Melnik
Embark on an adventure from Sofia to the smallest town in Bulgaria, which is also the country’s wine capital.
Wine Tasting in Plovdiv
Let’s go on a walking tour in one of the oldest cities in Europe and then take a break while also tasting some delicious wines.
Wine Festivals in Bulgaria
Visit a local festival celebrating the different grape varieties. Delicious food, folklore dances, and traditions always accompany these holidays.
Why Go on a Wine Tour with Us
Wine Regions in Bulgaria
Two-thirds of the vineyards are in the Danube Plain, enjoying the abundance of sun. They yield Gamza, deep purple and boasting spicy taste. Another outstanding red wine is Cabernet Sauvignon. These are just a few of the area’s wine palette.
We recommend the private Vinprom Ruse in the city of Ruse and Lovico Suhindol in the Suhindol village for wine tasting. Both offer Gamza, but Rousse also provides white wines, and Lovico shows off Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Muscat.
In the western part, the Magura winery uses the Magura cave. Thanks to the auspicious wine aging conditions, sparkling wines become delightful. Furthermore, the wine tasting there is unique as it takes place deep in the cave.
The Black Sea region is also suitable for growing grapes and making wine. The mild and sun-soaked climate enables the grapes to gather the sunshine and blend it into local wines such as Dimyat, Riesling, and Muscat Ottonel.
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The Euxinograde winery, near Varna, belongs to the former summer Bulgarian royalty palace. And now the Euxinograde winery houses the collections of wines of former tsars. It is a boutique winery, and wine tasting together with the delight of the spacious botanical garden of the palace form lasting memories.
Further west from the coast, in the town of Shumen, Domaine Boyar is the winery to stop at for wine tasting. Chardonnay is its signature wine, which is offered for tasting. Nearby, in the town of Sliven, is the Domaine Boyar winery. Besides the fine wines, it is famed for its cutting-edge wine production facilities, the most modern in the Balkan Peninsula area.
In the Balkan mountain folds lies the Valley of Roses, where dry wines are tasted as its greatest wine palette. Misket is the dry wine to taste, especially in Sungurlare, in Vinex Slavyantsi. The valley there is auspicious for the Misket-type grapes growing. The Oriahovitsa signature wine, “Old red from Oriahovitsa”, is unique in taste too. In the Thracian Plain, Mavrud, red, spicy, is a delight, and Merlot and Pamid, other worthy wines, can be tasted at Bessa Valley winery.
In the southwest corner of Bulgaria, in the Struma river valley, wine making is also widely developed, and wine tasting is a must. There is Melnik, a tiny town ranking as the smallest town of the country, but most of all famed for its local wines, fine because of the arid and hot climate. Orbelus is Melnik’s blended wine, the finest Melnik wine, and more wines benefit from fermenting in clay pots. More about Melnik – the Bulgarian wine capital
Wine Lovers Talk about Our Wine Tasting Tours
We customized a day tour with Adriana starting with a hotel pick-up in Sofia, then went to Rila Monastery. Sunday morning was a great time to visit and there were few other tourists there.
Next, we drove south to Melnik and the scenery was gorgeous. We loved strolling through the little village of Melnik, eating at a local outdoor place and buying local wine, honey and jams. We toured the Kordopulova House including its wine cellar carved into the sandstone cliff behind it, and sampled the wines.
We drove out of town to Villa Melnik and had a tour of the winery operations, which are modern and impressive, and had a fantastic tasting experience with about 5 of their delicious wines led by the lovely Eva.
