The wine sector is a traditional industry for Bulgaria, which is of particular importance in rural areas, as it creates employment, generates income for local people, solves some of the demographic problems, promotes sustainable agriculture, diversifies the local economy. Nationwide, the sector has huge export potential and expanding markets worldwide, increasing competitiveness and earnings in the overall economy, improve its image abroad, promotes the development of other economic sectors such as tourism and food industry. The aim of the paper is to make a general overview of wine production in the XXI century based on analyzes of statistical data on the wine industry in Bulgaria for the research period.

viticulture, wine production, Bulgaria, twenty-first century, wine tourism