We extend a warm invitation to Chateau Sopot to experience our hospitality, as well as attractions in the Veles wine district. Whether you are looking for a leisurely afternoon of food and wine tasting or planning a special celebration, we look forward to welcoming you to our winery. Indulge in the wine and hospitality at Chateau Sopot, where every moment is savored. Cheers to unforgettable experiences and joy from shared moments.
Hotel
Our boutique hotel with ten suites and rooms offers the opportunity to stay and complete the unforgettable experience of our guests.
Events and celebrations
Celebrate your next occasion in the picturesque setting of our winery. Whether it’s a wine tasting, gathering, corporate event, celebration or wedding, our dedicated events team will work with you to create a personalized experience. From elegant receptions to picturesque outdoor ceremonies, we offer a variety of spaces and impeccable service to ensure your event is unforgettable.
Tastings
Wine tastings, on our recommendation or tailored to your own choice, accompanied by food, in the restaurant, in the vineyard or in the wine cellar.
Group events
We can offer you more wine team games. They can be a wine olympiad with games like: grape stomping, barrel rolling, fill the bottle, wine bottle balancing, wine bottle ring throwing, wine bottle bowling. Of course, there is also a hunt for hidden wine treasures. Team games can also arise from wine tastings such as: blind wine tasting, wine and cheese pairing, wine cocktail creation. Teams can also test their artistic talents with a wine and painting or photography challenge. Certain games are only possible during certain seasons, and some are outside and weather dependent.
Celebrations and weddings
An ideal place for a proposal, wedding or birthday party.
Events
Chateau Sopot organizes musical events.
Activities and attractions
At Chateau Sopot, our commitment to providing an unforgettable experience extends beyond our vineyard, cellar, restaurant and hotel. Discover the natural beauty and cultural richness of the surroundings with various activities and attractions.
St. Tryphon, the Macedonian Tradition of Celebrating February the 14th
Although in the West known as a Valentine’s Day, the February 14th in Macedonia is celebrated traditionally as St. Tryphon’s Day. St. Tryphon’s Day is one of the most celebrated holidays in the Orthodox Christians cultures in the Balkans, aside of Macedonia especially in Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro. Some consider it as the last winter holiday, while others – as the first spring holiday.
St. Tryphon is the patron saint of gardeners and winegrowers, winemakers and restaurants and he protects the vineyards and the gardens from harm and misfortunes (diseases, insects, severe weather etc.). The day is a fertility rite intended to encourage the growth of the vines and is celebrated with many customs, but mainly known for the ritual of pruning the grape vine. On February 14th, for the first time that year, the vine growers go to the vineyards and start pruning the vines. In most parts of Macedonia, early in the morning on the day of Saint Tryphon, people go to church where the priest blesses the holy water, which is sprinkled over the vines. Legend says, if it rains on the holiday St. Tryphon, then the vine will be very fruitful that year. In the Tikvesh region the vine growers used to go into the vineyards early in the morning to prune few vines, poured wine onto them, and blessed them afterwards. In the village of Vatasha after the grape vine pruning, the priest stabbed a torch on fire in the ground in the church yard, in order to speed up the departure of winter.
In Chateau Sopot the St, Tryphon day celebration starts about noon with a prayer of blessing of the vineyards and the ritual of pruning the grape vine. That is symbolic first pruning the grape vine even the pruning starts with the start of winter. Usually, afterword there will be live music and special offers for wine testing.

Sveti Trifun – St. Tryphon of Campsada
The legend has it that St. Tryphon of Campsada was born around 225 AD in the village of Campsada in the Roman Province Frigia, todays Turkey. His parents were poor Christians, and in childhood he was a keeper of gees. In his early childhood he developed an unusual God’s gift as a miracle healer. Legend says he cured the daughter of the Gordian III ruler of the Roman Empire and as a result was given presents and honours which he gave to the poor. Later, with order Decius, new ruler of the Roman Empire, who started Decius prosecution of Christians, he was tortured and killed. He is considered a saint and his remains were transferred to Kotor in Montenegro. He was much celebrated. The saint day, his feast, 1 February later with the calendar reform changed to 14 February.
Biking and hiking
Chateau Sopot has an excellent position for shorter and longer, easier and more difficult biking and hiking trails, such as around the winery itself, Veles Lake Mladost or the area of Veles. Sopot Biking
Veleshko Lake Mladost
At 2.1 km from Chateau Sopot is Veleshko Lake or Mladost Lake. This artificial lake, about 1.5 km long and up to 25 m deep, once built to irrigate the vineyards in the Veles vineyard, is now a frequent location for rest, recreation and a frequent destination for fans of fishing.
Veles
Veles is a city in the central part of Macedonia on the Vardar River. Veles is the sixth largest Macedonian city with a total population of over 40,000 inhabitants. Veles is located 54 km south of Skopje and 40 km north of Tikvesh (Kavadarci, Negotino). Veles has had many names throughout history, three of which are the most important. Vilazora was originally the Payonian city of Bilazora in early classical antiquity. As part of the Ottoman Empire it became Köprülü. It became Veles as part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and after World War II, the town was known as Titov Veles. Since 1996, it’s only Veles again. Veles is connected to Thessaloniki by the first railway in the Balkans built in 1873. Some of the tourist attractions include examples of Old Town architecture such as the houses of the Kasapovi and Glavinovi, or the houses of the famous Kocho Racin and the Giant. There are also churches like St. Panteleimon was built in 1840 by the famous Macedonian builder and builder of churches in Macedonia and throughout the Balkans, Andreja Damjanov.
Virtual tour Veles – Macedonia / 360 VR tour (macedoniafromabove.mk)
Sources: Veles, mywanderlust.pl
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