The history of wine making in the country of bulgaria began at least 3000 years ago with the ancient thracians they traded what was then a dense sweet wine from native grapes to the greeks during the roman era techniques improved and this was likely when white wines were introduced in the 9th . About bulgarian wines history of bulgarian wine viticulture in bulgaria dates back to ancient times and the traditions in wine production and wine culture on the bulgarian territory are older than the bulgarian country itself formed in the year 681 ac. Bulgarian wine world wine cellars brand a plovdiv is now european wine capital and european capital of culture 2019 for sure european wine capital follow me on twitter tweets by stameowinetours archives archives the mavrud legend food tech sapori ditalia 2019 bulgaria . The wines of melnik and struma valley tour takes you to one of the most famous bulgarian wine regions the melnik regionthe wines of melnik were proudly present at the tables of the european royal families in the 17 18th centuries and in addition the local variety shiroka melnishka loza broadleaf melnik was among winston churchills favourites. Whatever happened to bulgarian wine whatever happened to bulgaria is a question im often asked people have fond memories of the cheerful fruity and inexpensive wines they used to drink back in the 1980s and early 1990s