Category: Wine

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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Tower above Lendava

25/1/2018

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We had a wonderful sunset on a warm autumn day on the top of the highest Slovenian tower named Vinarium Lendava. A clear day, such as it was when we were there, enables you to see into 4 countries, of course Slovenia than Hungary, Croatia and even Austria.

But the real beauty, at least on my opinion, lies below, around the tower. Endless vineyards, little houses, some trees and curvy roads.

On the ground flour I recommend pampering your taste buds with some delicious and exquisite wines from the area. You'd be surprised.

When designing the tower, architects were - and that is quite obvious - thinking of legendary Mikado, a pick-up sticks game.

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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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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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Slovenia is self-sufficient

27/3/2017

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Lately there is a lot of talking about food self-sufficiency, and there is something interesting you should know about Slovenia and self-sufficiency... We don't produce even a gram of sugar but we are completely self-sufficient in wine production.

In an average season we produce slightly more than 100% of our consumption. It breaks down into 70% white wine, 27% red wine and the remaining 3% were rosé and sparkling wines.

In other words, out of 52 different sorts of vines cultivated in Slovenia, 37 are white and 15 red. The statistic shows that the average Slovene drinks around 40 liters of wine in a year.

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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

Tower above Lendava

Cviček - the most different of them all...

Wine tasting @ Bela Krajina

Slovenia is self-sufficient

Tjaša

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