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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode 1014 Views

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ I’m just on my way back from the Struma Valley in southern Bulgaria, where I was attending the

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Exploring Bulgarian wine (9) Aya Estate

May 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1157 Views

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ Aya is a boutique winery in the Struma Valley. They have two vineyards. The first is Harsovo, near

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Exploring Bulgarian Wine (8) Villa Melnik

April 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1226 Views

Villa Melnik is a family-owned winery in Harsovo, in southwest Bulgaria, in the Struma River Valley of the Thracian Valley.

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Exploring Bulgarian Wine (7) Katarzyna Wine

April 14, 2025May 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1961 Views

I tried the wines of Katarzyna at their wine shop and bar in Sofia. The winery itself is located in

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Exploring Bulgarian Wine (6) Magura

April 6, 2025May 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1162 Views

Magura is a large winery with a capacity to make 2 million litres of wine, established in 1967. It changed

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Exploring Bulgarian wine (3) The Jolly Vintners

March 28, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1084 Views

Website: https://thejollyvintners.com/en/home-en/ The second visit of the Bulgarian trip was an interesting one, and we tasted beside the Iscar river,

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Exploring Bulgarian wine (4) Château Burgozone

March 28, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1137 Views

Website: https://www.burgozone.bg/en/ Burgozone is a family-owned winery that began in 2000. They have a sizeable 100 hectares of vines looking

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Exploring Bulgarian Wine (5) Bononia Estate

March 28, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 997 Views

Bononia is an impressive operation located at the biggest turn in the Danube. It’s owned by the Yotov family, and

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Exploring Bulgarian Wine (2) Tipchenitza Winery

March 28, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1009 Views

Website: https://tipchenitza.bg/en/ Tipchenitza was the first stop on our exploration of Buglarian wine. This is based in the hilly northwest

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Exploring Bulgarian wine (1) Introduction

March 28, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1600 Views

If you look at the map, Bulgaria is one of those countries that seems to be an ideal place for

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Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever
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Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

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