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Melnik wine

dense red from the far southwest, aged in cliff-cut cellars

Bulgaria Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Made from the broad-leaved Shiroka Melnishka Loza grape around Melnik, Bulgaria’s smallest town, and aged in sandstone cellars cut into cliffs.

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What is Melnik wine?

Melnik wine is a wine & spirit from Bulgaria: dense red from the far southwest, aged in cliff-cut cellars. Made from the broad-leaved Shiroka Melnishka Loza grape around Melnik, Bulgaria’s smallest town, and aged in sandstone cellars cut into cliffs.

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grapes

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fermented

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