Our Story
Together in life and business ventures
Together for 20 years, Casey and Angel are a husband and wife team that partners in all aspects of Angelove Estate. Their individual strengths complement each other well. Casey is creative and passionate, while Angel is logical and pragmatic.
Casey Angelova is a native New Yorker living in Bulgaria since 2006. Her relocation to Kyustendil helped her to discover her love of food, wine, spirits and agriculture through her website: Eating, Gardening and Living, which she started in 2008. This new adventure led her to attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park in 2011. The gastronomic journey in New York was the inspiration to try truffle farming, craft distilling and soap making in Bulgaria.
Angel Angelov is originally from Kyustendil. He became a hobby farmer in 2008, when he purchased a hectare of cherry orchard in Konyavo. In 2014, he decided to try making Rakia from cherries rather than selling them. The results were good for a novice and this sparked the idea to start a distillery and perfect the art of cherry Rakia.

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Maiden Voyage: Getting Readyby caseyangelova on February 8, 2023
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Istanbulby caseyangelova on February 8, 2023
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The Night Trainby caseyangelova on January 27, 2023
I was encouraged to travel by train from an article that I read in the Guardian, which promoted the […]
Excellent all purpose soap! Gentle on skin, non-irritating and contains no perfumes. Great product, it leaves your skin feeling smooth and clean. Highly recommend. -Amalia Continue Reading
Unique Experience - Must do while in Bulgaria!
Don’t question it - Just book it ! Fresh truffles, great wine, new exciting friends, tons of new and unexpected information and breathtaking views of the Osogovo mountain and the nearby plentiful valleys - an experience to remember and often, go back to !!! Highly recommend this truffle hunt to anyone would want to get very insightful knowledge about truffles growing, “picking” and cooking. Angel and Casey generously share their experience and you can’t do anything but be grateful and amazed by the hard work they’ve done for the entire area around the truffle ground (preserving the microclimate / even working on improving the biodiversity etc). We started off at the “truffle garden”, the visited Angelove’s green’s garden in the village and then went to the best restaurant in Kyustendil - “Ramira” where Chef Jivko prepared the truffles which we got in the morning. All that, in the company of some really lovely people! Thanks heaps Casey & Angel ! We’ll surely return for more next year. Continue Reading
I was honoured to test the soap and I would like to say it is really a great product. I would recommend it to my friends and all that would like to pamper themselves. Good luck, Casey and team! Continue Reading
Fun and education and DELICIOUS! This is a must do for visitors to Bulgaria who want to get out of the big city and learn something new. We had a great time hunting for truffles, learning about truffle hunting and the use of truffles in cooking. We also enjoyed the delicious meal (very COVID friendly Continue Reading
The soap is so light and has a fresh clean smell. It’s very effective and doesn’t irritate my very sensitive skin. Thank you guys!
Great Soap! I have used the soap for several months. Having psoriasis and needing to use a natural, organic soap, I was eager to try it! It helps with my dry skin tremendously. It’s also very soapy. Lathers up nicely with a good amount of suds that helps with dry skin removal for my psoriasis. Continue Reading