A basic introduction to the wine region, history, and grapes Bulgaria.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

The Oxford Companion to Wine [5th Edition, Kindle Edition], Harding, J., Robinson, J., Thomas, T. (2023)

Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J., Harding, J., Vouillamoz, J. (2013)

The Wines of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova [Kindle Edition], Gilby, C. (2018)

Websites:

Britannica: Bulgaria (4 November 2024) https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria

Bulgarian Wine Company: About Bulgarian Wines, (n.d.) https://bulgarianwinecompany.com/about-bulgarian-wines/?utm_source=perplexity

Bulgaria Wine Tours: Bulgarian Wine https://bulgariawinetours.com/bulgarian-wine/

Bulwine: Bulgarian Wine https://www.bulwine.com/bulgarian-wine-bulwine.com

Gilbert Gaillard: Bulgaria - A New Chapter for Wine, Varbanov, I., The Bulgarian Association of Independent Winegrowers (4 September 2023) https://www.gilbertgaillard.com/en/magazine/discovery/bulgaria-a-new-chapter-for-wine?t&utm_source=perplexity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) The Biocultural Origins and Dispersal of Domestic Chickens, Peters, J., Lebrasseur, O., Irving-Pease, E., and Larson, G.(6 June 2022) https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2121978119

Seven Fifty Daily: What You Need to Know About Bulgarian Wine, Williams, J. (16 March 2023) https://daily.sevenfifty.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-bulgarian-wine/?t&utm_source=perplexity

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