Category: Drink

Slovenian Wine Festival

21/10/2019

This years edition of amazing Slovenian Wine Festival is near. On 14 and 15 November at Cankarjev dom centre the 22nd will be held.

Last year was record-breaking, both by number of visitors and participating wine producers. There were over 240 exhibitors and more than 2000 visitors.

Slovenian Wine Festival's mission is to present Slovene and foreign wines and to spread the wine drinking culture. Festival is a meeting point of winegrowers and winemakers, wine lovers, sommeliers, members of wine fraternities and other wine associations, knights of wine and wine queens.

Slovenian Wine Festival is a must visit for anyone interested in wine. Tasting, exploring endless senses, chatting with producers, searching for awarded wines, taking selfies with queen...

With an extensive wine offer there are also some food exhibitors, like colourful vegetable spreads or delicious goat cheese among others. Last year there was photo booth to capture happy atmosphere of the festival.

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Tektonik Brewery

7/2/2018

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Very serious beer. At least so are the guys from Brewery Tektonik claiming. And when we visited them the other day we got sure about how serious they really are. They are.

For now still the most centrally positioned brewery is situated in an ex print shop of one of the biggest Slovenian daily newspapers named Delo.

Their most recognizable beers are Iggy (IPA), Dizzy (IPA Amerikana), Hercule (Witbier) and Normal (Pale Ale, the only one that is in 0.5 l bottles). But they are also playing around with some used wooden barrels, from wine and even whiskey.

As brewery itself is not a place for visitors, Tektonic is preparing to open a new tap room in the coming months. But until then you can purchase their beer in food shops, grocery stores and in many bars across Ljubljana

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Plum brandy

10/1/2018

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Among brandy lovers slivovitz enjoys its special admiration. It is one of the most appreciated at least in this parts of the World. And the best one to find in Slovenia is the Brkinski slivovec or Brkini slivovitz.

It has the mark of geographical origin and for this it has to be prepared in the traditional way. The secret lies in a special Brkini cauldron distillation, which has to be done only once.

Hills of Brkini home to numerous plum plantations are located in south-west of the country, not so far from the Adriatic coast.

They are quite sunny and warm, not crowded and offer some great farm stays with a few cultural sites to explore (like Prem castle) or you can enjoy in outdoor activities, like hiking, cycling and even swimming in the summer.

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Loo-blah-nah aka Lublana

1/12/2017

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The capital beer, as they like to call themselves, shares it's name and a symbol with a city Ljubljana. Loo-blah-nah is a phonetic transcription of Ljubljana in a slang of Ljubljana residents, for English speakers. And of course, dragon is the symbol.

I visited them on the outskirts of Ljubljana, in Črnuče area, while main brewer Domen was making magic.

I learned many things on beer brewing and of course tasted a few of their beers. Their parade horse is English Pale Ale, which is very drinkable, light and fresh. Next are IPA, Amber Ale, Golden Ale and brewers favorite Belgian style.

Like the dragon is omnipresent in Ljubljana, almost the same is with Loo-blah-nah beer as it can be found in many bars, like: Lepa Žoga, Biljardna hiša, Old Scottish pub, Guinness pub, Forum, Prulček, Platana, Kavarna SEM, Sputnik, Dvorni bar, Gas Station, Irish pub...

Looblahnah is not present only in liquid state but also on T-shirts and sweaters. Cheers!

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Cviček - the most different of them all...

3/10/2017

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If you ever had a glass of wine you should be able to differ Cviček from any other wine. Simply by its colour. It is not white, nor red, not even orange or rosé. It is Cviček.

There are many mean stories about this bright red wine from Dolenjska region (Lower Carniola region) and sometimes they might be close to the truth. But, to show you otherwise, I am presenting Cviček od fare, wine created by House of Wines Frelih (Hisa vina Frelih) that received Award Commended in London. This is the first time Cviček got any sort of recognition outside Slovenia.

Cviček is protected in Slovenia, but when we joined European Union this wine was not recognized as wine because it has low level of alcohol, only about 8%. Now this has changed, Cviček is indeed wine. It is also appreciated by diabetics, since it has low sugar level, which is of course because of low alcohol level.

Still wondering the secret of such bright red? Or unsure if you would see the difference in colour?

I posted two pictures above, left being Cviček and right Modra Frankinja.I think you can spot the difference from far away. And, as you might have guessed, right one consists of only red grapes and left one is made of red and white grapes, which is not very common in the world. But as I told you at the beginning, Cviček is the most different of them all....

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From Ljubljana with love

23/8/2017

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Social Ljubljana Tour, named romantically - as a lot of things in sLOVEnia- Ljubljana with love, invites you to pay a visit to independent social companies that are part of a local ‘Think Social. Buy Local.’ movement.

While getting to know many stories of today's life in Slovenia and its capital you walk through the beautiful medieval part of Ljubljana and get to eat some food. Food with background, of course.

On this tour you visit two restaurants, one is the Slovenian equivalent to Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant, which trains and employs young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and the other employs people with learning disabilities.

For anyone that loves shopping there will be many opportunities to buy a special gift. Choosing from glamorous garbage, unique gifts made from reused or recycled things and materials, or digging into first thrift store in Slovenia. My favorite? "Plant me" souvenir.

One stop is very important for Slovenians and I am sure you might enjoy it too, that is to sit down and drink a cup of coffee. And yes, the story follows. The owner is all about coffee and has only fair trade or direct trade organic coffee and he is, naturally, roasting coffee himself. But don't worry, there is more. And you'll hear about it there.

Talking about social awareness goes together with sustainability and ecological movement so the tour reveals all about Green Ljubljana, the Green Capital of Europe 2016. Prepare to hear about water, trash, recycling management, shared bike system, so called gentlemen, parks, vegetable market and so on. .

The tour starts at Stari trg street next to the fountain (check the map below) with prior booking. Usually runs at lunch time but can be adopted to the needs of visitors.

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Wine tasting @ Bela Krajina

21/8/2017

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While visiting Slovenia, a visit to the wine cellar is a must. Choices are endless and the chosen one can be well planed in advanced or simply the first one that you see. Both is possible.

Our visit to Bela Krajina, south - eastern Slovenian region, was planed as we wanted to visit wine cellar Prus and meet its head, Jožef Prus, holder of title Winemaker of the year for several years.

After showing us around the cellar and his many awards we've sat down and enjoyed his great selection.

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Liquid Human Fish

16/8/2017

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Unless you are not from Earth, you have probably realized that craft beer revolution has happened. Almost everywhere. Luckily Slovenia was not an exception.

Our pioneer is Human Fish Brewery, which, even after so many new beers popping out literally every day, still has the best name. In my opinion of course.

These days you can find Human Fish beer in many bars, at least in Ljubljana, but still, the best option is to pay them a visit. You'll get a tour of the brewery, get to know of a brewer or two and taste some classics and some brand new beers.

Then you can relax on their cute garden or wander around this quite interesting little town of Vrhnika.

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Tjaša

After writing a blog in Slovenian language for 10 years I have finally come to my sense and started writing one in English as well.

I'll share with you beautiful places worth visiting in Slovenia and around it. I'll also talk about general things tourist should know and of course I'll write about food, drinks and accommodation, essentials for any visitor.

I am writing about my personal recommendations that are not influenced by any sponsors. But please, don't expect new post every day. ;)

Slovenian Wine Festival

Tektonik Brewery

Plum brandy

Loo-blah-nah aka Lublana

Cviček - the most different of them all...

From Ljubljana with love

Wine tasting @ Bela Krajina

Liquid Human Fish

Tjaša

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