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Marjan Simčič was named the best foreign winemaker according to the newspaper Il Corriere della sera.

Slovenia, which prides itself on producing high-quality boutique wines, requires a common approach to advertising its wines worldwide, believe winemakers, who want the country to become a wine-shopping destination. Slovenian wines are recognised as high-quality and the country should use this to help build its recognition, Dušan Brejc, the head of Vinska družba, an organisation connecting leading winemakers, has told ...

Different types of landscapes, a large number of mountain farms and many fertile areas provide excellent opportunities for the development of organic farming in Slovenia. As a consequence, the number of organic farms and growers and processors of organic food in Slovenia increases from year to year. Given growing consumer demand for organic products and foods, and the increasing volume ...

This week it was practically impossible to find a vacancy in the Gorška Brda region – despite a threatening, almost apocalyptic weather forecast. Just the traditional wine & culinary festival Brda & Wine attracted three busloads of visitors from Austria. The same week the event Spring in Medana took place as well, and on Sunday, both local inhabitants and visitors ...

Yesterday, Ambassador Dr. Cerar hosted in his residence a wine tasting event for the Connoisseur’s team of expert travel consultants. Slovenian wines were presented by sommelier Ms. Andreja Košir Gažovič and Ms. Polona Brumec (Sanctum Wines), Slovenian beer by Marta Rojnik of the Rojnik Hops Brewery and best Slovenian features by Luxury Slovenia travel agency.   Source: Embassy of Slovenia in ...

Movia and Kabaj wineries from Slovenia are among top 100 wineries in the world and winners of 2015 awards according to the Wine & Spirits Magazine. The Kabaj Morel homestead The Kabaj Morel homestead in Šlovrenc, not far from Dobrovo, the centre of Brda, is run by Katja Kabaj Morel and her husband Jean Michel Morel, a French oenologist, who, ...

Mr Milan Ogrizek, president of the Slovenian Association Jadran spoke to us about their recent koline and wine tasting function, which was held at their club premises on Sunday July 19th this year. Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/

The greatest winemaking nation may not be France, Italy, New Zealand, or Australia—it could be one you’ve never heard of. Like Slovenia. Nestled above Italy and tucked just underneath Austria, the central European country spent centuries as part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Occupied by Nazi Germany, it was co-opted into the former Yugoslavia and for the last 24 years, has been a ...