01 · Levunovo
Melnishki Piramidi
A small family cellar in Levunovo producing wine from just 20 decares of estate vineyards planted with Melnik 1300, Melnik 55 and Merlot.
Learn more: Melnishki Piramidi
The Struma Valley
Where Wine Remembers
The Struma Valley doesn't simply produce wine. The wine belongs to a landscape shaped by 5 mountains, the Struma River, 360 days of sun and more than 2000 years of human memory.
The Valley
A corridor between mountains
The Struma Valley follows the river south between mountain ranges, shaped by warm light, stony soils and settlements with long memories.
House of Struma introduces the valley as a place first: its geography, climate, villages and the working landscape surrounding the vines.
The land gives context to every winery, every native variety and every story collected here.
Explore the Wineries
The valley, winery by winery
Each winery is introduced as a place and a community of people, with vineyards, varieties and practical visiting information.
02 · Hotovo
Libera Estate
A wine estate in Hotovo built around the indigenous grapes of the Melnik area and a pursuit of clear varietal, vineyard and terroir expression.
Learn more: Libera Estate
03 · Smochevo
Bogdaya Vineyard Estate
A family wine estate at the foot of Rila, showing a cooler, high-altitude expression of the Struma wine region through white varieties and Pinot Noir.
Learn more: Bogdaya Vineyard Estate
WINE MAP
Find your next stop in the valley
Locate wineries, discover their stories and find directions for your visit.
Stories of the Struma
Long-form writing from the valley
People, vineyards, native grapes, history, landscape and wine culture — published as considered, illustrated essays.
Story
Read the valley through its own grape varieties
To understand the Struma Valley, you can start with its vineyards. The Wide Melnik Vine, the Early Melnik Vine – Melnik 55, the Sandanski Misket and the Keratsudata tell a story of climate, land and generations of winemakers. These are the varieties through which the place acquires its own flavor – and its own voice.
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Heritage
Heraclea Sintica: the city of Heracles by the Struma
Near Rupite, archaeology is revealing a city with almost eight centuries of history — a forum, inscriptions, sculpture and a sanctuary of Heracles in the Struma Valley.
The People Behind the Valley
A region is its people before it is its wine
Winemakers, growers, founders and neighbours — recorded in their own words, in the places where they work.
People profiles will appear here as they are published.
Come to the valley slowly
House of Struma is an independent editorial project documenting the wines, people and landscape of the Struma Valley for local and international readers.