1877
Family house of Enio Bonchev Square "du Roi", Kazanlak
1897
Enio Bonchev graduates from Robert College, Istanbul. He travels throughout Europe and establishes first business contacts in England. In 1899, Enio Bonchev continues his education at Lyon Business School in France.
1909
Enio Bonchev builds the first Rose oil distillery in the heart of the Bulgarian Rose valley, village of Tarnichene
1914
Rose oil distillery of Enio Bonchev and his partner Kidov
1921
Enio Bonchev's warehouse for storage of Rose oil
1925
Export of Enio Bonchev's Rose oil to France
1928
Enio Bonchev's rose gardens, village of Tarnichene
1931
Enio Bonchev with his representative in England Brighton, England
1933
Rose oil production, village of Tarnichene
1947-1992
Enio Bonchev's rose oil distillery is nationalized by the Bulgarian government. It continuous working until 1967 when is turned into a museum.
1992
The distillery in Tarnichene is given back to the lawful owners. The inheritors of Enio Bonchev renovate the distillery and start again production of Rose oil
1998
New rose and lavender fields are planted, village of Tarnichene
2001
New modern distillery is built for production of rose and lavender essential oils and floral waters
2005
Our new Organic distillery
2008
Our last, fourth, modern distillery
2015
We have installed automatic control systems in all our distilleries, which enable us to exert a more strict conduct of the technological process, to elimination of the subjective human error factor and to improve production yields and better quality control.
Organic Products
Natural Products
News & Projects
2017 LAVENDER CROP REPORT
The 2017 harvesting of lavender crop in Bulgaria is completely finished and our company is now in the process of finalizing the very important post-harvest activities. In the next few paragraphs we would like to share with you our evaluation of this year’s crop in general and the outcome of our production efforts in particular. This year lavender crop in Bulgaria was clearly unfavorable. There were evident early indications for that because of the hot and dry summer of 2016 and the harsh winter of 2016/2017. Early spring periods of...
Exhibitions & Events
IFEAT 2017 Study Tour
We are very glad to have hosted such an esteemed event and we are very thankful to IFEAT for giving us the chance to show to the world the secrets and romance involved in producing Bulgaria's most prominent and God-given opulence, appraised all over the world.
Visits & Tours
VISIT THE OLDEST OPERATING ROSE DISTILLERY in Bulgaria! Built in 1909, Enio Bonchev is the oldest still operating and fully functioning rose oil distillery in Bulgaria. Over the years people from all over the world have been very interested and eager to come and visit us, to witness the unique rose and lavender production and experience the spirit and fragrance of the Rose Valley.
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