You can find on this page the Bulgaria wine map to print and to download in PDF. The Bulgaria wine regions map presents the vineyards and wine growing areas of Bulgaria in Eastern Europe.
The Bulgaria wine map shows all wine growing areas of Bulgaria. This wine regions map of Bulgaria will allow you to easily localize all appellations and main grape varieties in Bulgaria in Eastern Europe. The Bulgaria vineyards map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
A government decree of 13 July 1960 officially divided Bulgaria into five distinct viticultural regions as you can see in Bulgaria wine map. The Danubian Plain or North Bulgarian region encompasses the south banks of the Danube and the central and western parts of the Danubian Plain. The climate of the area is temperate continental, has a hot summer and many sunny days a year. Typical styles are Muscat Ottonel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Aligoté, Pamid and the local Gamza. The Black Sea region is where 30% of all vines are located. The region is characterized by long and mild autumns that are a favourable condition for the accumulation of sugars to make fine white wine (53% of all white wine varietals are concentrated in the region). Wine styles include Dimyat, Riesling, Muscat Ottonel, Ugni blanc, Sauvignon blanc, Traminer, and Gewürztraminer.
The Rose Valley region is located south of the Balkan Mountains. It is divided into an eastern and western subregion, with styles such as Muscatel, Riesling, Rkatsiteli, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominating as its shown in Bulgaria wine map. The region mostly produces dry and off-dry white wine and less red wine. The region includes the Sungurlare Valley, famous for its wine from the Red Misket grape variety. Thracian Lowland (South Bulgarian), the temperate continental climate in the area and the favourable distribution of precipitation are good premises for the developed red wine growing in the lowlands of Upper Thrace. The region includes the central part of the lowland, as well as parts of the Sakar mountain. Mavrud, a famous local wine, as well as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscatel and Pamid are grown. The Balkan Mountains serve to block the cold winds blowing from the plains of Russia, and the region to the south of the Balkans, the valley drained by the Maritsa River, has a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and warm, dry summers.
Struma River Valley (Southwest Bulgarian), the region includes the southwestern parts of Bulgaria, the valley of the river Struma in the historical region of Macedonia. The area is small in size, but is climatically very distinct and characteristic, owing to the strong Mediterranean influence from the south as its mentioned in Bulgaria wine map. The local style Shiroka melnishka loza (taking its name from Melnik), as well as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are cultivated. Wines from Bulgaria is a non-governmental organization aiming to promote Bulgarian wine in the United Kingdom. The annual wine tasting event organized by Wines from Bulgaria takes place in the month of October in London. The first event of this kind took place on the 3rd of October 2006 in Vinopolis, the museum of wine in London. The main organizers of this event were Plamen Gueorguiev and Vassil Rachkov. Bulgarian wines were very popular in the United Kingdom during the late 80s, this later transpired to be because South African wine, being boycotted from most UK stores due to the apartheid, was being re-labelled, 'wine of Bulgaria.