page_title: Dimiat
section_title: Wine regions
hierarchical_section_title: Dimiat / Wine regions
context_page_description: Dimyat is a white Bulgarian wine grape. It is one of Bulgaria's most widely planted white grape varieties, second only to Rkatsiteli. Wines made from this variety are noted for their perfume aromas. While some ampelographers believe that the variety is indigenous to Bulgaria, legends have developed around Dimiat being named after a town in the Nile Delta and was brought back to Europe by Crusaders in the Middle Ages.
context_section_description: The Dimyat grape is almost exclusively grown in Bulgaria with vineyards mostly in the south and eastern parts of the country. It is most widely planted in the Chirpan, Preslav and Shumen regions around the Black Sea. Other Bulgarian wine regions growing some Dimyat include Haskovo and Varna. After Rkatsiteli, it is the second most widely planted white grape variety with over 23,720 acres (9,600 hectares) planted in 2005.
  Outside of Bulgaria, there is small plantings of the variety in the neighbouring Greek wine region of Thraki (part of what was the historical region of Thrace). Here Dimyat is known under its synonym of Zoumiatiko.
caption: Dimiat is most commonly found in south and eastern Bulgaria, areas that used to be part of the historical region of Thrace.
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