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Ten Discoveries from the 21st Slovenian Wine Festival

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The Only Orange Wine Primer You’ll Ever Need

A 2018 Orange Wine Festival – Izola Report

Salon Sauvignon 2018 – A Crash Course in Slovenian Sauvignon Blanc

A report and tasting notes from the fourth Salon Sauvignon festival in Ptuj, Slovenia.

Celebrating Pinela at PinelaFest 2018 – an Annual Tribute to a Vipava Valley Star

There are lots of reasons to like Slovenia. The abundance of wine-related festivals and gatherings primary among them.

A Taste of Culture: Exploring Slovenia’s Native Wine Varietals in the Vipava Valley – a Road Trip Notebook

Guerila winery cellar

Exploring Zelen, Pinela and Klarnica, three of Slovenia’s native wine grapes, all home in the western Vipava Valley district.

Boris Lisjak Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Lisjak Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon from Slovenia’s Karst.

A Mansus Quintet – A five-wine Introduction to Mansus-Makovec

Mansus Klarnica 2014, Pinot Gris 2012, Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, Merlot 2011 and Adultus Anton Merlot 2005.

Gordia White 2012

If you like orange wines, you’ll love this one. If you’re new to macerated whites, Gordia, located on Slovenia’s Ankaran peninsula, provides a fabulous place to start.

Karadi-Berger Tokaji Szamorodni 2010

Karadi Berger Tokaji Szamorodni 2010

An introduction to ‘Szamorodni’, or ‘self-made’, an elegant dry white from Hungary’s fabled Tokaj region.

Dario Prinčič Bianco Trebež 2013

A blend from an ‘orange’ wine pioneer.

A Trio From Colja – Zelen 2016, Malvazija 2016 and Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Colja Zelen 2016 Colja Malvazija 2016 Colja Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Vipava Valley district, Primorska, Slovenia I mentioned Colja’s Pinela a few weeks ago. Here are three more recent releases from a recent tasting at Dvorni Bar in Ljubljana to round out half of the Vipava Valley producer’s eight varietal bottlings. Located in the village of… Continue reading A Trio From Colja – Zelen 2016, Malvazija 2016 and Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

A Chateau de Berne and Chateau Sainte-Béatrice Sextet

Delicious high value red, white and rosé blends from Cotes de Provence.

Joannes Protner Pinot Noir 2015

The Joannes Protner Winery built its strong reputation on their whites. I’m glad to see that reputation now widening to include reds, specifically its Pinot Noir.