Main Info
Wine cellar Vinifera is a family winery nestled in the Rhodopean village of Brestovitsa.
Brestovitsa is a well known wine village with a high concentration of wine cellars. The two local varieties – Rubin and Mavrud – have found fertile ground here. The village is nestled in the northern foothills of the Western Rhodopes at an altitude of 297 m. The climate is transitionally continental. The most common soils are cinnamon – forest, light brown forest and mountain – meadow.
The wine cellar was created in 1963 by the wine trader Metodi Hadzhiyankov and has been operating since. The new owners take over in 1999 and try to keep the traditions in winemaking but also introduce new and contemporary technologies.
The plantations of the winery spread over 500 decares and grow Mavrud, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscat, Chardonnay and Traminer.
The range of wines is big with the technologist’s experimental approach has led to the existence of snowy wine, Mavrud rose, orange wine with the aroma of roses and wine with organic raspberries added during the fermentation process.
Mavrud is highly honoured at Villa Vinifera and the varietal wines you can try are “green” wine, Mavrud white, Mavrud with roses and other styles of dry wines, with or without oak aging.
The large 25 t lins, also called almonds, are still used for some wines and are replaced every 5 years with new ones.
The winery is involved with wine tourism and offers a classic wine tour with focus on the technological process and tasting in their new wine tasting room.
If you are already in the region take a look at some of our other recommendations on what to visit: HERE
Sights and attractions in the regions:
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria. It is over 8,000 years old and its past can be traced from prehistory to the present day. Life in the city has not been interrupted, which ranks it among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Ancient monuments have been preserved and conserved, and many cultural events are held in the city.
The Red Church “Sveta Bogoroditsa” or the Red Church is a Christian temple in ruins, functioning from the 4th to the 14th century, located near the town of Perushtitsa. It has been declared a cultural monument of national importance.
It represents in its highest part a central four-conch hall, which in each of the four directions has semi-cylindrical niches covered by a dome.
It is located in the Rhodopе region along the Vacha river on the border between the regions of Plovdiv, Smolyan and Pazardzhik and is part of the Dospat-Vacha cascade. The dam has the highest dam wall in Bulgaria – 144.5m. There are good conditions for tourism along the banks of the dam. The Krichim-Devin road passes alongside the dam which opens up picturesque views of the mountain and the dam.
