Wine production has been going down on a global scale, and 2023 was the year with the lowest level of production in six decades, indicate data of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Bulgaria remains comparatively less affected by..
After a two-year break, the traditional Trifon Zarezan wine festival is organized again in the village of Delchevo. On Saturday 4 February, dozens of wine and brandy producers are welcome to the village at the foot of Pirin Mountain , to present..
Radio Bulgaria’s latest quiz about February 14, when the holiday of vine-growers and wine-makers (Trifon Zarezan, Trifon the Pruner) and Valentine’s Day are marked, divided the audience. A total of 474 people took part in our quiz..
The elixir of life, as Bulgarians used to call good wine, was a sacral beverage back in the times before Christianity had spread over the Bulgarian territories. Worshipping the resilient fruit-bearing vines was always part of Bulgarian tradition...
The village of Makariopolsko, district Turgovishte, celebrates St Tryphon’s Day in the old style– on the 14 th of February, informs BTA. The day of the patron saint of vineyards, also known as Trifon Zarezan, is dedicated to wine and..
The upcoming election campaign must be a campaign of ideas and principles, of a vision for taking Bulgaria out of this deep crisis, not a campaign of compromising materials, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev stated today. The head of state..
In Bulgarian tradition February is the month of vine-growers and wine-makers. With the start of the month of February the pruning of the vines begins. Once the ritual pruning of the first vine twig was done on 14 February, the day of St...
