Bulgarian Wine

Bulgaria’s wine history has long oscillated between quality and quantity. At its peak, during the mid-20th century, the country was one of the world’s largest wine exporters. Winston Churchill’s 10 Downing Street famously ordered 500 litres of Bulgarian wine annually. This detail that surprises many modern drinkers. Particularly those whose reference point is the thin, anonymous Bulgarian wine that flooded Western markets in the 1990s.

That reputation, once earned, proved stubborn. But it is also increasingly out of date.

Today, a new generation of Bulgarian winemakers is determined to set the record straight. Not by chasing international fashion, but by reconnecting with place, climate, and native varieties, and by embracing smaller-scale, quality-driven production.