Antiquity - Since ancient times Bulgaria has been famous for its winemaking and viniculture... more

Development of viticulture in Thrace and the Pazardzhik region in the Thracian era /V – І century BC/. About primitive Thracian culture we judge on the basis of the remainder... more

Тhe Thracian tribe of Bessians. The Bessians are a Thracian tribe which in 2nd c. BC inhabits the middle and upper part of the valley of river Hebros... more

The wine god Dionysus. According to contemporary science Dionysus is considered as the god of ecstasy... more

Findings from the area of the village of Ognyanovo. South from the village of Ognyanovo /Saladinovo/ rise the hills of “Baba-slopes”... more

The Trade Center Emporium Pistiros. Another proof for wine making in antiquity in this region is Emporium Pistiros... more

Wine making during the Roman and Byzantian authority – І – VІІ century AD. The west of the village of Ognyanovo /Saladinovo/ has been found one of the biggest nymphs's sanctuary “Nymphaeum”... more

Information about the region during the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdom – VІІ – ХІV century. In this period the region is object of frequent barbarian invasions and is becomes highly depopulated... more

Viticulture in the Pazardzhik region during the Turkish Authority –
ХІV – ХІХ century. The upper Thracian valley, which in the middle ages has been scene of the fights between Byzantia and Bulgaria, has been devastated during the Turkish occupation... more

Wine making after the Liberation – the end of ХІХ – first half of ХХ century. About 50 per cent of the agriculture revenues in the region after the Liberation come from viticulture.... more

The Wine during the socialism. In 50s the wine-production in Bulgaria became state monopoly... more

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