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Aleksij Erzetic
In keeping with Slovene tradition, Aleksij Erzetic's estate in Visnjevik is known as "pri Martinovih" ("chez Martin's") after the original owner. Erzetic is a typical example of the modern breed of Slovene vignerons: harmonizing the traditional with the modern, he cultivates the old Brda varieties but prepares fresh wines, cooling the must during fermentation in stainless steel vats. Aleksij Erzetic believes that red wines deserve oak: his rich red wines are matured in old oak barrels, popular barriques in new.
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Amon
Stanko Amon was the first among Slovene vignerons to make a special effort to promote Smarje-Virstajn wines in the quality and high-quality range. Amon's lovely estate in Olimje is regarded as one of the centers of viniculture in the area.
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Barbara
Janez Istenic first made his name as goalkeeper for Ljubljana's Olimpija soccer team. In 1968 he bought an old estate with two hectares of vineyards near Stara vas in Bizeljsko and then went to France to study the demanding Methode Champenoise.
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Bjana
Although Miran Sirk's production is based on long tradition, Bjana is a relatively new trade name. Sirk named his wines after the oldest wine cellar in the Brda area: the Bjana cellar is a 400-year-old architectural masterpiece that Miran Sirk has renovated with great respect for history.
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Blazic
Home / Winegrowers / Blazic Blazic Ferdinand and Borut Blazic Plesivo 30 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-445 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: chardonnay, sivi pinot, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Blazic family cultivates six hectares (14.8 acres) of vineyards on sites around Plesivo. White varieties comprise most of their production: Chardonnay dominates, but the traditional Brda vines Sivi Pinot, Tokaj, Sauvignon, and Beli Pinot are well represented. The traditional reds of the Brda area, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, provide only 14% of Blazic brothers' annual production of fifty tons of grapes. The Blazic brothers produce some three hundred hectoliters (7926 gallons) of wines annually. Table wine, mostly sold unbottled, represents 60% of his production; 40% is bottled high-quality wines. Although the estate has a long tradition in the production of grapes and wines, the Blazic brothers began bottling th
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Bordon
Home / Winegrowers / Bordon Bordon Ivan and Boris Bordon Dekani 63 9250 Dekani phone: +386 66 580-448 RED WINES: refosk, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet frank WHITE WINES: malvazija, chardonnay WINEGROWING AREA: Koper Ivan and Boris Bordon are among the few Slovene winegrowers who have so far resisted the trend toward white wines and still produce more red wines than white wines. However, in their newly planted vineyards Chardonnay is the dominant variety. The Bordons have eight hectares (19.8 acres) of vineyards on the sunny sites of Fratovec, Pecka, and Romondovec. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon dominate the older vineyards, and the newly planted Chardonnay is intended for the production of slamno vino, a wine made from dried grapes. The Bordons prepare their red wines in accordance with local tradition: protracted maceration makes their Merlot tangy, almost bitter while still young, but the matured wine is rich and vel
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Boris Lisjak
Home / Winegrowers / Boris Lisjak Boris Lisjak Boris Lisjak Dutovlje 31 6221 Dutovlje phone: +386 67 64-063 RED WINES: refosk ( kraski teran ) WINEGROWING AREA: Kras Boris Lisjak is famous for his outstanding Kraski Teran, presented in elegant bottles specially designed by Oskar Kogoj. The old-style lettering on the dark glass spells "OSTI JAREJ, " wishing the drinker lasting youth and health in old Slovene. Lisjak spares no effort to produce this wine. The grapes are harvested carefully so that none of the berries get damaged. The berries are then gently separated from stems and precisely crushed. Strictly controlled maceration and the maturation of the wine in aged oak barrels produces a Kraski Teran of constant quality which tends to keep its specific bouquet and aroma longer than others. For connoisseurs, Lisjak's Kraski Teran is consistently among the very best produced in Slovenia. The wine is very harmonious, its bouquet balan
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Borko
Home / Winegrowers / Borko Borko Ivan and Marija Borko Partizanska 47 9250 Gornja Radgona phone: +386 69 61-394 WHITE WINES: chardonnay, renski rizling, laski rizling, traminec WINEGROWING AREA: Radgona-Kapela Ivan Borko is a true legend of Slovene viticulture. He comes from a family with long winegrowing tradition, studied and worked first in Austria and then in the famous Radgona winery. He planted the first vines of his own vineyard after his marriage in 1954. In 1972 he purchased an ancient estate in Cresnjevci near Gornja Radgona with a small vineyard and a 500-year-old vaulted wine cellar. Ivan Borko began bottling his own wines in 1979, and ever since his products have been famous for an outstanding quality that impresses even the most demanding connoisseurs. For his great contribution to Slovene viticulture, Ivan Borko received the knighthood of the Burgerland- Pannonian Order in 1993, only the sixth Slovene to be granted this
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Buzinel
Home / Winegrowers / Buzinel Buzinel Cvetko and Elvis Buzinel Plesivo 37A 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-115 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: rebula, sivi pinot, sauvignon, chardonnay, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Visitors to the Brda area are familiar with Cvetko and Elvis Buzinel's excellent inn in Medana, where their wines can be sampled accompanied by traditional dishes of the area. The Buzinels cultivate seven hectares of vineyards around Medana, with over 80% on the Italian side of the border. Their sites in western Brda are very sunny and have sandy soils. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are the predominant red wines; their white wines encompass a range of varieties traditional to the Brda area: Rebula, Tokaj, Sauvignon, and Sivi Pinot. The Buzinel cellar is a harmony of traditional and modern: Oak barrels and barriques are used for the production of full-bodied wines, particularly the red Merlot
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Carga
Home / Winegrowers / Carga Carga Edbin Erzetic Pristavo 2 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-079 phone: +386 65 45-079 WHITE WINES: sivi pinot, chardonnay, tokaj, sauvignon, rebula WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Carga is a name with long history. In accordance with Slovene tradition, the estate has kept the name of its first owner, Adam Carga, whose surname first appears on official documents from 1767 when Adam baptized his son. Adam Carga acquired the estate from Counts Thurn-Taxis (della Torre). The estate is located in the village of Pristavo at some 150 meters (370 ft.) above sea level. The family cultivates four to five hectares (9.9 to 12.4 acres) of vineyards. The traditional Rebula is the dominant vine, and Tokaj, Chardonnay, Sivi Pinot, and Sauvignon are also grown. Annual production varies from two hundred to four hundred hectoliters (5284 to 10, 586 gallons); half of the wine is in the quality range, half in high-quality. Edbin Erzetic
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Constantiní
Home / Winegrowers / Constantini Constantini Kmetija Humar Dusan Plesivo 32 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-345 fax: +386 65 23-873 RED WINES: modri pinot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: sivi pinot, sauvignon, chardonnay, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda "The grandfathers of my grandfathers were winegrowers, " Dusan Humar succinctly describes his family's long tradition. Nine hectares (22.2 acres) of vineyards where Constantini wines come from lie around Plesivo, a large part of his vines growing in neighbouring Italy. Humar's sites are in southwestern Brda where the low hills dip toward the Friulian plain: on these warm and sunny sites, even tangerines can be cultivated. The climate is particularly suitable for red wines - Constantini is one of the few wineries in Brda that regularly offers Modri Pinot; Cabernet Frank and Cabernet Sauvignon are also cultivated. However, red wines comprise only 30% of the winery's producti
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Cotar
Home / Winegrowers / Cotar Cotar Branko and Vasja Cotar Gorjansko 18 6223 Komen phone: +386 67 78-228 RED WINES: kraski teran, cabernet sauvignon, merlot WHITE WINES: chardonnay, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Kras The Cotars' vineyards lie on the high karst between Komen and the Italian border. Refosk vines dominate, producing Kraski Teran; among red varieties they also grow Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cotars' white wines are Chardonnay and Sauvignon. The Cotars' cellaring is strictly classical, and their wines are fermented and matured in oak barrels. A wine archive next to the cellar stores his best vintages. The Cotars' Kraski Teran is well known throughout Slovenia; its aroma is very strong, and the wine is heavily macerated in keeping with the karst tradition. Branko and Vasja Cotar claim that some vintages of their Teran ages well, which is quite unusual for this type of wine. Connoisseurs especially appreciate Co
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Crnko
Home / Winegrowers / Crnko Crnko Druzinska kmetija Crnko Jareninski vrh 5 2221 Jarenina phone: +386 62 640-735 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, chardonnay, sauvignon, rumeni muskat WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor If you ever travel from Maribor toward Gornja Radgona, take time to turn off into the Jarenina Valley and visit the estate of Srecko Crnko. It is quite probable that you will not be the only visitor: Crnko is one of those vignerons who rarely offer their bottles in wine shops as most of his wines are sold to connoisseurs who visit the estate regularly. Crnko cultivates 5.5 hectares (13.6 acres) of vineyards on the sites of Jarenina and neighbouring Slatenik. The average annual yield is thirty tons of grapes, a wide variety of white wines only: Laski Rizling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Rumeni Muskat, Muskat Otonel, Sivi Pinot, Renski Rizling, and Rizvanec. Two hundred hectoliters (5284 gallons) of wines are produced every year, half in the qu
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Cvetko
Home / Winegrowers / Cvetko Cvetko Franci Cvetko Mihovci pri Vel. Nedelji 103A 2274 Velika Nedelja phone: +386 62 718-247 WHITE WINES: sipon, laski rizling, kerner, renski rizling, sauvignon, chardonnay, rumeni muskat, muskat otonel WINEGROWING AREA: Srednje Slovenske Gorice The geographic origin of Franci Cvetko's wines is displayed in gold on the neck of his bottles: Kogl is the sunny site near Velika Nedelja where Cvetko cultivates four hectares (9.9 acres) of his vineyards. The soil is sandy clay, and these locations lie about 300 meters (741 ft.) above sea level. Cvetko grows only traditional white grapes of Podravje. Sipon is his favourite, but he is also successful with Kerner, Laski Rizling, and Sauvignon. Cellaring is traditional, and wines are fermented and matured only in oak barrels. Dry wines are the specialty of Cvetko's winery, which is somewhat unusual in Podravje. His Laski Rizling is aromatic, yet somewhat l
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Cvitanic
Home / Winegrowers / Cvitanic Cvitanic Jurij and Slavica Cvitanic 2272 Gorisnica 62 phone: +386 62 708-334 WHITE WINES: renski rizling, sipon, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Srednje Slovenske Gorice The small vineyard of Jurij and Slavica Cvitanic near Zamusanski vrh is meticulously maintained. Half of their one hectare (2.5 acres) is planted with Renski Rizling, the rest with Sipon and Sauvignon. Renski Rizling is the Cvitanic specialty, a varietal wine prepared either from regular or late harvest grapes. Their semi-sweet late harvest Renski Rizling is particularly aromatic and quite heavy; the 1994 vintage won the winery the gold medal at the Ptuj Wine Fair. Production is unfortunately small: only fifteen hectoliters (396 gallons) annually, regular and late harvest wine combined. In the Cvitanic vineyards, Sipon vines are a minority, but they yield more grapes than the Renski Rizling. Sipon is blended with Sauvignon in a quality wine,
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Dolfo
Home / Winegrowers / Dolfo Dolfo Rudolf and Marko Skocaj Ceglo 3/a 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-391 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: rebula, sivi pinot, beli pinot, tokaj, chardonnay WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Rudolf and Marko Skocaj have eight hectares (19.8 acres) of vineyards near Ceglo, growing mostly traditional white grapes of the Brda area: Tokaj, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Beli Pinot. A rather recent specialty is their Chardonnay Muscat from a newly planted vineyard that produced its first wine in 1994. They also continue to maintain some very old vines of Glera, Trzanka, and Pika, ancient autochthonous varieties that have almost disappeared elsewhere. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Frank are their red grapes, a distinct minority. The Skocajs have been bottling their wines since 1989. Dolfo rosé wines are quite well known. Two types are prepared: the classic rosé is made from the light
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Druzina Markovic
Home / Winegrowers / Druzina Markovic Druzina Markovic Druzina Markovic Fojana 31 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-067 WHITE WINES: chardonnay, rebula, pikolit WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Markovic family winery deserves a place of honour in every review of Slovene winegrowers, if only for one of their wines. Their specialty is Pikolit, not the passito-style wine made from dried grapes that frequently bears a similar name but the real thing: the varietal wine made from this rare white grape. The Markovic's Pikolit is simply majestic, but unfortunately very rare. In ideal circumstances, 150 to 200 grapevines are required to produce some fifty liters (13.21 gallons), and in bad years the yield is nil. Their best vintage was 1993, and the wine was offered in special bottles designed by Oskar Kogoj for the 300th anniversary of the birth of the famous composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini. The Markovic family winery also produces Rebula
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Edvin Simcic
Home / Winegrowers / Edvin Simcic Edvin Simcic Edvin Simcic Vipolze 39a 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-154 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet franc WHITE WINES: rebula, sauvignon, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Edvin Simcic is among the younger vignerons of the Brda area. He works two hectares (4.9 acres) of vineyards near Vipolze, annually producing sixteen tons of grapes. He grows Merlot and Cabernet Frank, and his wide selection of white wines includes Rebula, Sauvignon, Tokaj, Chardonnay, Beli Pinot, and Sivi Pinot. Edvin Simcic makes 96 hectoliters (2536 gallons) of wines annually: 15% are table wines, and the rest in the high-quality range. His wines have won a number of awards, Sauvignon being the most successful. According to his own estimate, his best wines are the 1991 Chardonnay, 1992 Sauvignon, 1993 Merlot, and 1994 Rebula Viticulture | Labeling | Regions | Wines | Winegrowers | Stocking | Buying
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Emeran Reya
Home / Winegrowers / Emeran Reya Emeran Reya Emeran and Boza Reya Kozana 2 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-166 RED WINES: cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: rebula, sivi pinot, beli pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Emeran and Boza Reya cultivate four hectares (9.9 acres) of vineyards on sites around Lazna. White varieties dominate, and traditional Rebula and Sivi Pinot are their staple product. Cabernet Sauvignon is their dominant red, and they also grow some Cabernet Frank. The annual yield is forty tons of grapes: ten tons/hectare (four tons/acre) is not high for these sunny sites. The Reyas produce three hundred hectoliters (7962 gallons) of wine annually, partly sold open to neighbouring inns. Half of their bottled wines are in the quality range, half are high-quality. Beli Pinot, although a minority in their vineyards, is their most successful wine: both their 1992 and 1993 vintages won silver medals at the Ljubljana Wine Fair.
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Franc and Vlado Kupljen
Home / Winegrowers / Franc and Vlado Kupljen Franc and Vlado Kupljen Franc and Vlado Kupljen 9244 Videm pri Scavnici phone: +386 69 68-783 fax: +386 69 68-783 WHITE WINES: chardonnay, sipon, laski rizling, renski rizling, zeleni silvanec, traminec, beli pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Radgona-Kapela The estate of Franc and Vlado Kupljen has a long viticultural tradition, but they began bottling their own wines only in 1988. The Kupljens cultivate ten hectares (24.7 acres) of vineyards, eight of their own and two hectares on leased sites. They grow only white grapes characteristic of their area of the Podravje region: Sipon, Laski Rizling, Renski Rizling, and Traminec comprise the majority of their production. The main Kupljen sites face southwest on Brezovnik, Rakusovo, and Karbusovo; these are very sunny locations, and the wines from these vineyards are rich and quite strong. Chardonnay, Traminec, and Laski Rizling are Franc and Vla
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Franc Protner
Home / Winegrowers / Franc Protner Franc Protner Druzinska kmetija Protner Dragucova 65 2231 Pernica phone: +386 62 512-276 RED WINES: modra frankinja WHITE WINES: renski rizling, laski rizling, sipon, muskat otonel, chardonnay, samling WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor The family estate of Franc Protner is well known for its excellent restaurant offering traditional Stajerska dishes accompanied by wines from his cellars. Protner cultivates 6.5 hectares (16.1 acres) of vineyards on Celestrina. He is one of the rare winegrowers of the Maribor area who grows at least some red grapes, particularly Modra Frankinja, although white wines dominate his production: Laski Rizling, Renski Rizling, Sipon, Muskat Otonel, and Chardonnay. His specialty is Samling, a grape quite popular in Germany and neighbouring Austria but very rare in Slovenia where it has yet to be officially registered for production as a Slovene wine. Protner makes his wines in two
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Hlupic
Home / Winegrowers / Hlupic Hlupic Jurij Hlupic Kamniska 9/A 2000 Maribor phone: +386 62 25-979 WHITE WINES: beli pinot, sauvignon, renski rizling, traminec, laski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor Eleven hectares (27.2 acres) of vineyards make Jurij Hlupic one of the largest independent winegrowers of the Podravje region. He grows only white grapes, a large spectrum of vines traditional to the Maribor area: Laski Rizling, Renski Rizling, Beli Pinot, Sivi Pinot (frequently referred to as Rulandec in Podravje), Rizvanec, Rumeni Muskat, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon. Hlupic's sites are among the sunniest in the Maribor area; with plentiful sugar in the grapes, his wines are quite strong and almost never dry. Hlupic makes very aromatic wines with a majestic, almost overpowering bouquet, which regularly win awards at wine fairs in Ljubljana and Gornja Radgona. His late harvest Sauvignon 1991 was declared Slovene varietal Champion at the Maribo
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Joze Kupljen
Home / Winegrowers / Vino Kupljen Jeruzalem - Svetinje Vino Kupljen Jeruzalem - Svetinje Joze Kupljen Mihalovci 41 2259 Ivanjkovci phone: +386 62 714-128 fax: +386 61 714-001 RED WINES: modri pinot WHITE WINES: renski rizling, beli pinot, sipon, kerner, laski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Ljutomer-Ormoz Joze Kupljen is one of the most successful private winegrowers in Slovenia. He exports 40% of his produce, mostly to Germany. This is the best indication of the quality of his wines, since Kupljen makes wines that are the specialty of German viticulture. Kupljen has eleven hectares (27.2 acres) of vineyards, four of them in the very heart of Jeruzalem- Ormoz area around Jeruzalem. His other sites are in Svetinje, Cerovec, and Zerovinscak. Modri Pinot is his only red grape, and white varieties comprise the majority of his production: Renski Rizling, Laski Rizling, Beli Pinot, Sipon, and Traminec. Kupljen's Modri Pinot is a noble wi
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Joze Protner
Home / Winegrowers / Joze Protner Joze Protner Mag. Joze Protner Vodole 34 2000 Maribor phone: +386 62 514-219 WHITE WINES: chardonnay, renski rizling, rumeni muskat, laski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor Joze Protner, M.Sc., is a well-known public figure in Slovenia. He has held the office of Minister of Agriculture and is currently a member of the Slovene parliament. Before entering politics, he managed Vinag, the largest winery in Podravje - its high-quality blend Mariborcan is one of his achievements. He campaigned vigorously to establish vineyards on Piramida, a hill just on the outskirts of Maribor. Many ecologists opposed the idea, arguing that the site would be destroyed by erosion if the wild- growing bushes were cleared - but they were wrong. Today, the beautifully kept vineyards of Piramida are one of the most beautiful sights in Maribor, and the Renski Rizling from the site is consistently among the very best in Slovenia.
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Kabaj
Home / Winegrowers / Kabaj Kabaj Zvonko and Herman Kabaj Slovrenc 4 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-209 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet franc WHITE WINES: tokaj, beli pinot, sivi pinot, rumeni muskat, malvazija WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Kabajs' six hectares (14.8 acres) of vineyards lie on medium-high Brda sites around Slovrenc. The vines are planted on wide terraces. These are mostly old vineyards, although some sites are being replanted with new high-quality clones. Tokaj is the dominant grape, but Rumeni Muskat, Malvazija, Sauvignon, and Beli Pinot are also cultivated. Red varieties are a minority, mostly Merlot and Cabernet Frank; Cabernet Sauvignon is being planted in some renovated vineyards. The Kabaj winery produces 350 to 400 hectoliters (9247 to 10, 568 gallons) of wines annually. Thirty hectoliters (792 gallons) is blended table wine sold open to neighbouring inns and visitors. Most of the Kabajs' production is bottled as high-q
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Kapela
Home / Winegrowers / Kapela Kapela Vinogradnisko gospodarstvo Kapela, p.o. Kapelski vrh 5 9252 Radenci phone: +386 69 65-003 fax: +386 69 65-578 WHITE WINES: beli pinot, chardonnay, sipon, laski rizling, traminec, renski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Radgona-Kapela The Kapela Winery's 172 hectares (425 acres) of vineyards lie on such excellent sites as Rozicki Vrh, Kaliscak, and Murscak. The soils in this part of Radgona-Kapela are somewhat heavier and contain more clay, tending to retain moisture better so the grapevines are less likely to suffer from drought. The winery produces 1200 tons of grapes in its own vineyards, and a further 130 tons are purchased annually from neighbouring growers. The Kapela winery specializes in white varieties, Laski Rizling being dominant. They also produce Sipon, Beli Pinot, Chardonnay, Traminec, and other white wines. Traminec occupies less than 5% of Kapela's vineyards, but some of it comes from
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KK Ptuj - Haloze
Home / Winegrowers / KK Ptuj - Haloze KK Ptuj - Haloze KK Ptuj p.o. Vinarstvo Slovenske gorice - Haloze Trstenjakova 6 2250 Ptuj phone: +386 62 772-821 fax: +386 62 773-201 RED WINES: modri pinot, modra frankinja WHITE WINES: laski rizling, sauvignon, renski rizling, chardonnay WINEGROWING AREA: Haloze The Ptuj cellar, managed by the eminent Slovene oenologist Anton Skaza, is the oldest in Slovenia. Its most venerable part is the 400-year-old vaulted cellar of the former Minorite monastery. This is where the oldest Slovene wines are stored, including the 1917 "Zlata trta" (Zierfandler) which survived World War II in the walled-off section of Jozef Ornik's wine cellar. If you ever visit KK Ptuj - Haloze, you will probably not get a chance to sample from the oldest bottles of the archive, but you will always be able to taste a number of excellent wines. KK Ptuj cultivates five hundred hectares (1235 acres) in two viticultural areas, Ha
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Klet Imeno
Home / Winegrowers / Klet Imeno Klet Imeno Kmetijska zadruga Smarje Obrtniska ul. 2 3240 Smarje pri Jelsah phone: +386 63 821-211 fax: +386 63 821-237 RED WINES: modra frankinja, zametna crnina WHITE WINES: laski rizling, chardonnay, renski rizling, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Smarje-Virstajn The youngest of Slovenia's cooperative wineries, the Imeno cellar was built in 1988. The cooperative makes its wines from grapes purchased from contract growers, mostly from sites on Sladka Gora, Virstajn, and Tinsko. Imeno produces five thousand hectoliters (132, 100 gallons) of fresh and lively wines annually, using only stainless steel vats and other modern technology. White wines comprise the majority of cellar's production; Laski Rizling, Chardonnay, Renski Rizling, and Sauvignon dominate. Modra Frankinja is the pride of their red wines, and the traditional Zametna Crnina is also produced. Eighty percent of Imeno's wines are in the qu
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Kmecka zadruga Krsko
Home / Winegrowers / Kmecka zadruga Krsko Kmecka zadruga Krsko Kmecka zadruga Krsko, d.o.o. Vinska klet "Kostanjevica" Rostoharjeva 88 8270 Krsko phone: +386 608 33-409 fax: +386 608 21-021 RED WINES: zametna crnina, modra frankinja WHITE WINES: laski rizling, kraljevina, sauvignon, chardonnay WINEGROWING AREA: Dolenjska KZ Krsko is one of the few Slovene wine cooperatives that produces more red than white wines. They cultivate seventy hectares (173 acres) of vineyards on Zavode, Drenovec, Vinji Vrh, Rocke, and Gadova Pec. Zametna Crnina is their dominant grapevine, followed by Modra Frankinja; their most important white wines are Laski Rizling and Kraljevina, the latter being a rather rare variety grown only in the Posavje region. The vineyards of KZ Krsko yield six hundred tons of grapes in average years, and a further 2500 tons are purchased from contract growers. Twenty thousand hectoliters (528, 400 gallons) of wine are produced
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Krajnc
Home / Winegrowers / Krajnc Krajnc Vinogradnistvo in kletarstvo Milan Krajnc Lahonci 50 2259 Ivanjkovci phone: +386 62 714-126 WHITE WINES: chardonnay, laski rizling, kerner, sipon, renski rizling, sauvignon, sivi pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Ljutomer-Ormoz A kind of equality rules in Milan Kranjc's three hectares (7.4 acres) of vineyards on Lahonscak near Ivankovci, a site best suited to white varieties: Sipon, Laski Rizling, Kerner, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Sivi Pinot grow in equal proportions. The annual yield of grapes is twenty tons, and Kranjc produces 150 hectoliters (3963 gallons) of wines, all in the high-quality range. Cellaring is strictly traditional, and the wines are fermented and matured only in aged oak barrels. The winery produces a number of special-quality wines: late harvest, izbor, and jagodni izbor. Milan Kranjc has been bottling his own wines successfully since 1988, winning awards every year. Chardonnay is c
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Kren
Home / Winegrowers / Kren Kren Armando and Darjo Kren Plesivo 15 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-368 RED WINES:cabernet franc WHITE WINES: sivi pinot, chardonnay, sauvignon, beli pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Krens' six hectares (14.8 acres) of vineyards are planted on sites around Plasivo near Medana. These are the most western, rather low Brda hills, quite warm and sunny. Cabernet Frank is their only red wine, and white varieties comprise the majority of their production: Sivi Pinot, Chardonnay, Beli Pinot, Sauvignon, and Tokaj. The average annual yield is fifty tons of grapes. The Kren winery produces four hundred hectoliters (10, 568 gallons) of wine per year, some of it blended table wine that is sold open. A third of the production is in the quality range, most bottled as high-quality varietal wines. The Krens' wines are generally dry, relatively strong in alcohol, and rather strict, with a stressed varietal aroma and a gen
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Kristancic
Home / Winegrowers / Kristancic Kristancic Dusan Kristancic Medana 1 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-088 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: chardonnay, tokaj, rebula, sauvignon, beli pinot, malvazija, manzoni WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Dusan Kristancic is one of the largest private winegrowers of the Brda area, with fifteen hectares (37 acres) of vineyards around Medana on the favoured sites of Breg, Teja, Cerovo, Napoleon, Ruterje, and Klampoc - the last two are in neighbouring Italy. Merlot, Cabernet Frank, and Cabernet Sauvignon are his red wines and represent a minor proportion of his production. Dusan Kristancic grows a wide selection of white grapes popular in the Brda area: the traditional Rebula, Malvazija, Tokaj, and Sauvignon, and the more modern Chardonnay; his specialty is the Manzoni, a crossbreed developed for the specific ampelographic environment of the area which has not been yet officially regi
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KZ Goriska Brda
Home / Winegrowers / KZ Goriska Brda - Dobrovo KZ Goriska Brda - Dobrovo KZ "Goriska Brda" Zadruzna cesta 9 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-020 fax: +386 65 45-022 RED WINES: merlot, modri pinot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: rebula, tokaj, beli pinot, chardonnay, sivi pinot, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The keepers of the Dobrovo cellar proudly explain that theirs is the largest production cellar in Slovenia. It can store seventeen million liters (4.5 million gallons) of wine in oak barrels and stainless steel vats, and during harvest up to 1100 tons of grapes are processed daily. KZ Goriska Brda - Dobrovo is a cooperative. It does not own vineyards but processes the output of 850 growers who cultivate over two thousand hectares (4942 acres) with 450, 000 vines. White wines are the staple product of this winery, comprising three quarters of the grapes harvested. Half of the yield from the vineyards of co
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KZ Vinakras Sezana
Home / Winegrowers / KZ Vinakras Sezana KZ Vinakras Sezana KZ Vinakras Sezana Sejmiska 1a 6210 Sezana phone: +386 67 31-511 fax: +386 67 72-522 RED WINES: kraski teran, teranton WHITE WINES: chardonnay, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Kras The Vinakras winery of Sezana cultivates forty-two hectares (103.8 acres) of vineyards, growing Refosk, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon. To supplement the yield from their own vineyards they purchase selected grapes from neighbouring growers; the cellar's capacity is four million liters (app. one million gallons). The Vinakras Krasko Belo is an interesting blend of Chardonnay and Sauvignon, and the wine has a rich copper-yellow colour and a full taste; it is at its best straight from the barrel, and as a bottled wine is somewhat pale in comparison. The majority of Vinakras production is Kraski Teran, a wine of consistent quality which has won the winery a number of awards; although good from the bottle, this w
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Ljutomercan
Home / Winegrowers / Ljutomercan Ljutomercan Ljutomercan Kmetijstvo in predelava Ljutomer, p.o. Kidriceva ulica 2 9240 Ljutomer phone: +386 69 81-651 fax: +386 69 81-588 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, sipon, chardonnay, renski rizling, traminec WINEGROWING AREA: Ljutomer-Ormoz This is how my Internet friend the British oenologist Clifford C. Mould described Ljutomercan's award-winning Laski Rizling: "I don't mind saying that my heart sank just a little when I spied the words Ljutomer Laski Rizling. This brand still claims to be the best selling white wine in the UK, beating even Liebfraumilch, but not when it comes to confected sweetness. Well, let me tell you a thing or two about this wine: categorized as both vrhunsko meaning high quality, and izbor (selection of late picked grapes), this top-of-the-range version won the Prix d'Excellence at this year's Paris Vinalies Internationales Fair. "The colour was not deep, but the no
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M&M Reberc
Home / Winegrowers / M&M Reberc M&M Reberc Milan and Mateja Reberc Gorisnica 23 2272 Gorisnica phone: +386 62 708-248 fax: +386 62 708-063 WHITE WINES: renski rizling, laski rizling, rumeni muskat WINEGROWING AREA: Haloze Milan and Mateja Reberc work six hectares (14.9 acres) of vineyards ( one hectare they own, five are leased) in two winegrowing areas: Belski Vrh near Zalosce in Haloze and Zamusanski Vrh in Srednje Slovenske Gorice. Their annual yield is thirty tons, with Laski Rizling as the dominant variety (ten tons annually). They produce fifty hectoliters (1321 gallons) of wine that is 20% table wine, 40% quality range, and 40% high-quality. The Rebercs devote most of their efforts to Renski Rizling. Their late harvest 1991 and 1992 vintages were particularly successful, winning gold medals at the Podgorci and Ptuj wine fairs. They tried something new in 1993: some Renski Rizling grapes were harvested on St. Nicholas' Day, D
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Marjan and Salko Simcic
Home / Winegrowers / Marjan and Salko Simcic Marjan and Salko Simcic Marjan and Salko Simcic Medana 53 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-090 phone: +386 65 42-200 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: sivi pinot, beli pinot, chardonnay, tokaj, rebula WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Simcic estate has a long tradition of winegrowing. Marjan and Salko Simcic have ten hectares (24.7 acres) of vineyards around Medana, most of them lying on the Italian side of the border. Their annual yield is one hundred tons, and the Simcic cellar produces 750 hectoliters (19, 815 gallons) of wines annually, most in the high-quality range. Chardonnay and Sivi Pinot are their dominant white grapes, followed by Sauvignon, Rebula, Beli Pinot, and Tokaj. Their red wines are made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes. Their cellaring methods are both traditional and modern: aged and new barriques are used for Merlot and selected Chardonnays while f
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Mavric iz Plesivega
Home / Winegrowers / Mavric iz Plesivega Mavric iz Plesivega Avgustin and Danilo Mavric Plesivo 36 Medana v Goriskih Brdih 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 42-130 RED WINES: merlot WHITE WINES: chardonnay, tokaj, sivi pinot, beli pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Avgustin in Danilo Mavric have four hectares (9.9 acres) of vineyards near Plesivo, growing mostly white grapes. Most of their efforts go into Chardonnay, Tokaj, Sivi Pinot, and Beli Pinot, varieties with a long tradition in the Brda area. Merlot is their only red grape. Their vineyards yield an average of 5.5 tons of grapes annually, and the Mavric winery produces two hundred hectoliters (5284 gallons) of wines - 40% are table wines sold open to local inns, and 60% are bottled varietal wines of quality and high-quality range. Tokaj and Chardonnay are their best. The Mavric brothers began their independent winery only recently and still must promote the recognition of their brand
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Merkator - Kmetijska zadruga Metlika
Home / Winegrowers / Merkator - Kmetijska zadruga Metlika Merkator - Kmetijska zadruga Metlika Merkator p.o. Metlika Cesta 15. brigade 2 8330 Metlika phone: +386 68 58-261 fax: +386 68 58-070 RED WINES: modra frankinja, zametna crnina, modri pinot WHITE WINES: laski rizling, kraljevina, rumeni muskat, sivi pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Bela Krajina Merkator KZ Metlika still functions primarily as a cooperative winery. The company owns twenty-five hectares (61.8 acres) of vineyards that yield an average of two hundred tons of grapes annually, mostly Modra Frankinja and Laski Rizling. Twelve hundred tons of grapes are purchased from contract growers. Average annual production of wine is nine thousand hectoliters (237, 780 gallons). Janez Trdina, a noted 19th century Slovene writer from Bela Krajina, warned his countrymen that the wines of the area required good cellaring, but few took his advice. Only in 1979 did the Merkator winery raise it
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Mirko and Ales Kristancic - Movia & Vila Marija
Home / Winegrowers / Movia, Vila Marija Movia, Vila Marija Mirko and Ales Kristancic Ceglo 18 5212 Dobrovo v Brdih - Ceglo phone: +386 65 45-323 RED WINES: merlot, modri pinot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: chardonnay, beli pinot, sivi pinot, rebula, sauvignon, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Both Movia and Vila Marija are brand names of wines made by Mirko and Ales Kristancic. Movia is the older of the two, named after the Kristancic's estate which has been an independent winery since 1820. Ales and Mirko Kristancic have fifteen hectares (37 acres) of vineyards, seven in neighbouring Italy. They grow mostly white grapes: Chardonnay, Beli Pinot, Tokaj, Sauvignon, and Rebula. They still keep some old vines of Pika and Glera, and the blended wine made from these grapes of ancient origin is very popular in the Brda area. Merlot, Modri Pinot, and Cabernet Sauvignon are their red wines. The Kristancic winery is one of the largest
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Miroslav Trojner
Home / Winegrowers / Trojner Trojner Miroslav Trojner Zg. Jakobski Dol 7 2222 Jakobski Dol phone: +386 62 640-169 WHITE WINES: sauvignon, chardonnay, traminec, laski rizling, renski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor Miroslav Trojner grows his grapes on three hectares (7.4 acres) of vineyards around Jakobski Dol. He works only with white wines popular in Podravje: Renski Rizling, Laski Rizling, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Traminec. His annual yield is thirty-five tons, sufficient for production of three hundred hectoliters (7926 gallons) of wines; fifty hectoliters are in the quality range, and the rest are high-quality varietal wines. Trojner is rather new to the marketing of bottled high-quality wines, but is not without his successes. Sauvignon is his consistently best, with a strong elder bouquet; the 1990 won a gold medal in Ljubljana, the 1992 won silver, and both won gold at the fair in Gornja Radgona. For his Chardonnay and Tramin
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Nando - Andrej and Mirko Kristancic
Home / Winegrowers / Nando Nando Andrej and Mirko Kristancic Plesivo 20 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 42-129 RED WINES: cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: chardonnay, sivi pinot, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Brda "Kristancic" is another family name very common in the Brda area. The winery of Andrej and Mirko Kristancic is smaller and less known than those of Ales and Mirko Kristancic (Movia) and Dusan Kristancic. Grapes for Nando wines grow on the lower sites of the Medana sub-area around the village of Plesivo. Andrej and Mirko Kristancic work six hectares of their own vineyards which yield some sixty tons of grapes annually. Cabernet Sauvignon is their only red, as white varieties dominate. Chardonnay and Sivi Pinot are their priorities, while the traditional Rebula, Tokaj, Sauvignon, and Beli Pinot are a distinct minority. The Nando winery produces three hundred hectoliters (7926 gallons) of wine annually - a little less than two t
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Otmar Sturm
Home / Winegrowers / Sturm Sturm Otmar Sturm Mestni trg 25 8330 Metlika phone: +386 68 58-507 RED WINES: modri pinot, cabernet sauvignon, modra frankinja WHITE WINES: rumeni muskat, chardonnay, laski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Bela Krajina Otmar Sturm began bottling wines from his estate in 1974; in those days, the great majority of high- quality wines came from Primorje and Podravje, yet Sturm decided to compete with established vignerons in the very high-quality range. Sturm has only 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) of vineyards in the eastern part of Bela Krajina, around Sv. Ana. These are marly sites, very sunny and warm. Sturm cultivates mostly "northern" red grapes: Modri Pinot, Modra Frankinja, and Zametna Crnina. Chardonnay and Rumeni Muskat are his successful white wines. Connoisseurs are particularly fond of his Rumeni Muskat, but when Sturm first began to grow it, the variety was not even registered for cultivation in Bela
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Persolja
Home / Winegrowers / Persolja Persolja Dejan in Dragica Persolja Kozana 19 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-181 fax: +386 65 45-181 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet franc WHITE WINES: rebula, sivi pinot, beli pinot, chardonnay, sauvignon, tokaj, prosecco WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Persolja family has a long tradition of winegrowing as their estate has been growing grapes since 1909. They began bottling their own produce under a proprietary brand name only in 1991. The winery has eleven hectares (27.2 acres) of vineyards, growing mostly white grapes: Rebula, Beli Pinot, Sivi Pinot, Chardonnay, Tokaj, and Prosecco. Merlot and Cabernet Frank are their only red wines. The average annual yield is fifty to sixty tons of grapes from which the Persolja winery produces four hundred hectoliters (10, 568 gallons) of wine per year. Forty percent of their production is in the quality range, the rest high-quality. In the Brda area, blended wines are mostl
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Pri Stakljevih
Home / Winegrowers / Pri Stakljevih Pri Stakljevih Vinogradnistvo turisticna kmetija pri Stakljevih Snezatno 26 5211 Kojsko phone: +386 65 46-141 fax: +386 65 46-141 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: rebula, chardonnay, sivi pinot, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The Stekar estate's primary activity is tourism. Roman and Anuska Stekar offer their guests lodgings in a pleasant, homey environment, good traditional food, excursions through Brda and its surroundings - and their wine. The winegrowing tradition of their estate can be traced as far back as 1771. The estate has five hectares (12.4 acres) of vineyards growing mostly traditional grapes of the Brda area: the red Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon and the white Rebula, Sivi Pinot, Chardonnay, and Tokaj. The annual yield of forty-five tons is processed into three hundred hectoliters (15, 852 gallons) of wine: thirty hectoliters (7926 gallons) of table wine are mostly sold
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Radgonske Gorice
Home / Winegrowers / Radgonske Gorice Radgonske Gorice Radgonske Gorice Gornja Radgona, p.o. Jurkoviceva 5-9 9250 Gornja Radgona phone: +386 69 61-321 fax: +386 69 61-039 RED WINES: modri pinot WHITE WINES: laski rizling, chardonnay, sipon, rizvanec, renski rizling, sauvignon, traminec, ranina WINEGROWING AREA: Radgona-Kapela The Radgonske Gorice winery cultivates three hundred hectares of vineyards in the Radgona sub-area. Modri Pinot is their only red grape and was only recently introduced. White wines are their staple product: Laski Rizling, Chardonnay, Sipon, Rizvanec, Renski Rizling, and Traminec. Their pride is the autochthonous Radgonska Ranina. They harvest 2100 tons of grapes annually, and a further six hundred tons are purchased from contract growers. In average years they produce 2100 hectoliters (55, 482 gallons) of wines, 80% in the quality range and 20% high-quality. Janzevec is their well known blended wine ma
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Radivoj Lisjak
Home / Winegrowers / Radivoj Lisjak Radivoj Lisjak Radivoj Lisjak Zalosce 62 5294 Dornberk phone: +386 65 56-487 RED WINES: barbera, merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: beli pinot, sivi pinot, zelen, pinela WINEGROWING AREA: Vipava Radivoj Lisjak is one of the largest independent winegrowers in the Vipava Valley. Most of his eight hectares (19.8 acres) of vineyards are on Bernardovec, one of the sunniest sites in the Vipava Valley. His vines produce sixty tons of grapes annually, mostly white varieties traditional to the area: Beli Pinot, Sivi Pinot, Sauvignon, Pinela, Chardonnay, and Zelen. Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot provide his red wines. In average years, Radivoj Lisjak prepares 420 hectoliters (11, 100 gallons) of wine; 120 hectoliters (3170 gallons) are in the quality range, and three hundred hectoliters (7930 gallons) are high-quality. Harmony is the most valued characteristic of Lisjak's wines. His whit
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Rakican
Home / Winegrowers / Rakican Rakican Kmetijsko gospodarstvo Rakican, p.o. Lendavska 5 9000 Murska Sobota phone: +386 69 21-200 fax: +386 69 23-058 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, chardonnay, renski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Prekmurske Gorice This company is best known for its other agricultural products: it is the largest producer of wheat in Slovenia, and winegrowing represents a minor proportion of its production. Its grapes come from vineyards at Mackovci, Grad, Kramarovci, and Bodonci. Rakican grows only white grapes, mostly Laski Rizling and some Chardonnay and Kerner. The Rakican winery produces 80, 000 liters (21, 136 gallons) of wine annually, most sold open to inns or other wineries for direct sales, blending, or additional processing. One of their few bottled wines is Laski Rizling - their izbor of 1993 was excellent. Viticulture | Labeling | Regions | Wines | Winegrowers | Stocking | Buying
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Rikot
Home / Winegrowers / Rikot Rikot Rikotova kmetija Zalosce 15/a 5294 Dornberk phone: +386 5 30-18-540 RED WINES: merlot, barbera WHITE WINES: sauvignon, zelen, laski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Vipava The Rikot estate has been growing grapes and making wine for decades but only began marketing wine in bottles with its own brand name in 1989. Of the estate's ten hectares (24.7 acres), six hectares (14.8 acres) are planted with grapevine. The Rikot vineyards are in the central Vipava Valley around Dornberk. The weather can be particularly unpredictable here, and their annual yield varies from a dismal fifteen tons to 55 tons of grapes. Merlot is the winery's priority, and its annual production is 2000 to 5000 liters (528 to 1321 gallons). It also produces one thousand liters (264 gallons) of Barbera. White wines comprise the majority of the production: 1000 to 2000 liters (264 - 528 gallons) each of Laski Rizling and Zelen,
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Robert Erzetic
Home / Winegrowers / Robert Erzetic Robert Erzetic Vinarstvo Robert Erzetic Plesivo 11 5212 Goriska Brda phone: +386 65 42-136 RED WINES: merlot WHITE WINES: tokaj, sivi pinot, chardonnay, sauvignon WINEGROWING AREA: Brda "Erzetic" is a very common family name in Brda, which can be quite baffling for wine enthusiasts. Robert Erzetic is less well known than Aleksij Erzetic: he belongs to the latest generation of Brda vignerons who must still work to achieve recognition. Robert Erzetic cultivates three hectares (7.4 acres) of vineyards near Plesivo; these are medium-height sites, between 200 and 300 meters (494 - 741 ft.) above sea level. White wines comprise the majority of his production: Sivi Pinot, Tokaj, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon. Merlot is his only red. He harvests thirty tons of grapes annually and produces 150 hectoliters (3963 gallons) of wine. Most of Robert Erzetic's production is table wine. An annual one hundred hec
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Scurek
Home / Winegrowers / Scurek Scurek Stojan Scurek Plesivo 44 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-021 fax: +386 65 45-021 RED WINES: merlot, modri pinot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: sivi pinot, chardonnay, rebula, tokaj WINEGROWING AREA: Brda Stojan Scurek is one of the best known winegrowers of the Brda area. He cultivates ten hectares (24.7 acres) of vineyards - mostly his own, some leased - and 80% of his vines are on the Italian side of the border. His sites near Medana are on the very locations where the soils change from the marl of Brda to the clay of the Friulian plain. Stojan Scurek has grapevines on both sides of this divide, which makes selection of his grapes and wines quite varied. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are Scurek's dominant red grapes, and he also grows some Modri Pinot. Sivi Pinot is first among his white wines, followed by Chardonnay, Rebula, and Tokaj. Scurek is one of the few winegrowers in Br
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Siker
Home / Winegrowers / Siker Siker Vinogradnistvo Siker Mocna 47 2231 Pernica phone: +386 62 721-044 fax: +386 62 721-812 RED WINES: modra frankinja WHITE WINES: laski rizling, rumeni muskat, beli pinot, muskat otonel, rizvanec WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor The Siker inn is well known to all who travel frequently between Maribor and Lenart - reputed for its well prepared traditional dishes and excellent wines from the estate's vineyards. Milan Siker maintains the high standards of quality established by his father Joze Siker, winner of numerous awards at wine fairs and a knight of the Burgerland-Pannonian Order. Siker's 1.8 hectares (4.45 acres) grow mostly white grapes traditional to the Maribor area: Laski Rizling is the dominant grapevine, and the winery is particularly well known for its Rumeni Muskat. Its Rizvanec is a consistent table wine. Modra Frankinja is Siker's only red grape, producing a light wine of quality range. Si
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Slovenijavino
Home / Winegrowers / Slovenijavino Slovenijavino Slovenijavino, p.o. Frankopanska 11 1000 Ljubljana phone: +386 61 1323-342 fax: +386 61 321-944 RED WINES: merlot, cabernet sauvignon, modri pinot WHITE WINES: chardonnay, laski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Slovenijavino continues the long tradition of vintners from Slovenia's capital who began marketing wines in Slovenia and abroad in the 19th century. The company does not cultivate its own vineyards but annually purchases five thousand hectoliters (132, 100 gallons) of must which is fermented and matured in its cellars and 155, 000 hectoliters (four million gallons) of still wines which are blended, finalized, and bottled by the company. The Slovenijavino cellar has been managed by generations of highly professional oenologists who know how to process must and wines in the best tradition of French winegrowing. They produce balanced blended wines of constant quality and high-quality variet
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Srednja kmetijska sola Maribor
Home / Winegrowers / Srednja kmetijska sola Maribor Srednja kmetijska sola Maribor Srednja kmetijska sola Maribor Vrbanska c. 30 2000 Maribor phone: +386 62 23-011 fax: +386 62 27-351 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, renski rizling, chardonnay, sauvignon, beli pinot, rumeni muskat WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor Established in 1872, the Maribor College of Viticulture is the oldest educational institution of its kind in Slovenia. Theoretical studies are complemented by practical experience in the college's own vineyards on the steep sites of Kalvarija. The annual yield of their nine hectares (22.2 acres) suffices for the production of up to 60, 000 liters (15, 852 gallons) of outstanding wines. They grow only white grapes traditional to the Maribor area: Laski Rizling, Renski Rizling, Sauvignon, Beli Pinot, Rumeni Muskat, and Chardonnay. The college maintains its own nursery, producing sapling for their own research and for sale to growers of the area.
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Sturensce
Home / Winegrowers / Sturensce Sturensce Izidor and Dominik Sosolic Zali Breg 10 5212 Dobrovo phone: +386 65 45-131 WHITE WINES: chardonnay, rebula WINEGROWING AREA: Brda The estate of Izidor and Dominik Sosolic is named after the winegrowing site Sturensce, a small hill in the very center of Brda. The Sosolic farm has stood on this location for centuries; in the last few decade it has been expanded and rebuilt and now includes a large, modern wine cellar. Izidor and Dominik Sosolic cultivate three hectares (7.4 acres) of vineyards, half of them planted with Chardonnay and the rest with Beli Pinot, Tokaj, and Sauvignon. They produce 250 hectoliters (6605 gallons) of wine annually; two hundred hectoliters (5284 gallons) is Brisko Belo, a blend of Rebula and Tokaj categorized as table wine and mostly sold open. The Sturensce winery bottles fifty hectoliters (1321 gallons) of high-quality wines annually. As a rule, these are dry, mod
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Turcan - Konrad Janzekovic
Home / Winegrowers / Turcan Turcan Konrad Janzekovic Markovci 33 2281 Markovci phone: +386 62 761-126 fax: +386 62 761-008 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, sauvignon, rumeni muskat WINEGROWING AREA: Haloze Few growers in Haloze make their own wine, and even fewer bottle and sell it under their own trade name. Konrad Janzekovic is one of the more successful, and his products wines won a number of medals and awards at exhibitions in Slovenia. Grapes for Turcan wines grow on Turski Vrh near Zavrc. Janzekovic cultivates three hectares (7.4 acres) of vineyards, 1.8 hectares of his own and the rest leased. He grows only white wines characteristic of the Haloze area: Laski Rizling dominates his production, followed by Sauvignon, Rumeni Muskat, and Muskat Otonel. Chardonnay, Sivi Pinot, and Renski Rizling are still rare in his vineyards. Janzekovic prepares two hundred hectoliters (5284 gallons) of wine annually. Seventy hectoliters (1849 gall
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Urbajs
Home / Winegrowers / Urbajs Urbajs Druzina Urbajs Na Ticnico 2 3230 Sentjur phone: +386 63 741-359 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, chardonnay, kerner, sivi pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Smarje-Virstajn The Urbajs family is representative of a new generation of winegrowers who grow their grapes and produce their wine in a nature-friendly way. Chemical pesticides and herbicides are rejected, grass is allowed to grow freely between the vines, the yield is kept low at only 0.7 - 1 kilogram (1.54 - 2.2 lb.) per grapevine. This requires hard work, so they cultivate only 0.7 hectare (1.7 acre) on the very steep sites of Dramlje and Rifnik. Only white grapes are grown: Chardonnay, Kerner, Sivi Pinot, and Laski Rizling. All Urbajs wines are made from overripe grapes infected with Botrytis cinerea). In the last five years, the Urbajs family have successfully prepared seven late harvest wines and one suhi jagodni izbor wine. All Urbajs wines are fermented a
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Vinag
Home / Winegrowers / Vinag Vinag Vinarstvo in sadjarstvo Vinag Trg svobode 3 2000 Maribor phone: +386 62 224-161 fax: +386 62 224-455 WHITE WINES: renski rizling, laski rizling, sipon, sauvignon, beli pinot, sivi pinot, rumeni muskat, kerner, traminec, chardonnay, zeleni silvanec WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor Vinag is the largest winery of the Podravje region: the yield of their three hundred hectares (741 acres) of vineyards suffices for an average annual production of 2.4 million liters (634, 080 gallons) of wine. Must for a further one million liters is purchased from contract growers. Vinag makes only white wines, fermented and matured in one of the largest classical cellars in Europe. Vinag's "Wine Tabernacle" under the very center of Maribor has a capacity of seven million liters (1.85 million gallons), five million liters (1.3 million gallons) of which is aged oak barrels. Vinag's oenologists are famous for their high-quality va
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Vinakoper
Home / Winegrowers / Vinakoper Vinakoper Vinakoper d.o.o. Smarska 1 6000 Koper phone: +386 66 33-733 fax: +386 66 33-768 RED WINES: refosk, merlot, cabernet sauvignon WHITE WINES: malvazija, chardonnay, beli pinot, sivi pinot WINEGROWING AREA: Koper The Vinakoper winery is the largest producer of the Koper area, cultivating 420 hectares (1038 acres) of vineyards, the majority planted with red varieties particularly suitable for the warm Mediterranean climate: Refosk, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Their dominant white grapes are Malvazija, Chardonnay, and Rumeni Muskat, and some sites have been newly planted with Sivi Pinot. The winery produces 3500 tons of grapes in its own vineyards and buys a further six hundred tons from contract growers. This suffices for the production of 35, 000 hectoliters (924, 700 gallons) of wines per year, 10, 000 hectoliters (264, 200 gallons) in the high-quality range, the rest quality. The charact
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Vino Brezice
Home / Winegrowers / Vino Brezice Vino Brezice Vino Brezice Cesta prvih borcev 5 8250 Brezice phone: +386 608 61-331 fax: +386 608 62-116 RED WINES: modri pinot, modra frankinja WHITE WINES: laski rizling, sipon, sauvignon, beli pinot, renski rizling WINEGROWING AREA: Bizeljsko-Sremic Vino Brezice grows grapes on one hundred hectares (247 acres) of its own vineyards, but most of its wines are produced from fruit and must purchased from contract growers. Red wines used to be the staple product of the Bizeljsko-Sremic area, but contemporary taste is more in favour of white wines; therefore, the ratio of the winery's present output is 3:2 in favour of white wines. Modra Frankinja, Modri Pinot, and Zametna Crnina are the winery's most important red grapes. Their choice of white grapes is very wide: Laski Rizling makes up the largest proportion, followed by Sipon, Rumeni Plavec, Chardonnay, Traminec, and Renski Rizling. Beli Pinot is rat
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Vipava 1894
Home / Winegrowers / Vipava 1894 Vipava 1894 Agroind Vipava 1894 Vinarska c. 5 5271 Vipava phone: +386 65 65-011 fax: +386 65 65-215 RED WINES: merlot, barbera, cabernet sauvignon, modri pinot WHITE WINES: sauvignon, rebula, laski rizling, chardonnay, beli pinot, malvazija, pinela, zelen WINEGROWING AREA: Vipava Vipava 1894 is the largest winery in the Vipava Valley, processing grapes from some one thousand hectares (2471 acres) of vineyards, three hundred of company's own and the rest cultivated by contract growers. The winery's vineyards yield an average of 2500 tons of grapes annually, and a further 9000 tons are purchased. Red and white grapes have approximately equal proportions. Merlot has a long tradition in the Vipava Valley and is the dominant of the winery's red grapes, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon and Barbera. Modri Pinot is rather new. Malvazija, Sauvignon, and Rebula dominate among white grapevines. Beli
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VVS Jeruzalem Ormoz
Home / Winegrowers / VVS Jeruzalem Ormoz VVS Jeruzalem Ormoz Jeruzalem Ormoz Vinogradnistvo, vinarstvo, sadjarstvo d.o.o. Ptujska cesta 12 2270 Ormoz phone: +386 62 702-312 fax: +386 62 701-441 WHITE WINES: laski rizling, sipon, sauvignon, beli pinot, renski rizling, chardonnay WINEGROWING AREA: Ljutomer-Ormoz The Jeruzalem-Ormoz winery has 550 hectares (1359 acres) of vineyards on some of the most beautiful sites in the Ljutomer-Ormoz area: Jeruzalem, Litmerk, Svetinje, Brebovnik, Vinski Vrh, and Kog. Vines are planted rather wide apart on spacious terraces; this makes the grapes of well nurtured grapevines very aromatic, although somewhat lower than optimal. Laski Rizling is their dominant vine, planted in half of all the vineyards. Sipon is particularly well suited to these sites, and is the winery's second in terms of quantity. Renski Rizling, Sauvignon, Beli Pinot, Sivi Pinot (Rulandec), and Chardonnay are also cultivated with success.
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Zlati Gric
Home / Winegrowers / Zlati Gric Zlati Gric Kmetijsko proizvodno podjetje Zlati Gric Grajska 4 3210 Slovenske Konjice phone: +386 63 754-930 fax: +386 63 754-944 WHITE WINES: renski rizling, laski rizling, beli pinot, sivi pinot, traminec WINEGROWING AREA: Maribor In comparison with the long tradition of other Podravje wineries, Zlati Gric is rather new to the market. They cultivate seventy-six hectares (188 acres) around Slovenske Konjice, and their average annual production is 400, 000 liters (105, 680 gallons) of mostly white wines. Modra Frankinja is their only red variety; Laski Rizling, Chardonnay, Beli Pinot, Sivi Pinot, and Traminec grapes are the basis of their white wines. The winery's cellaring is mostly traditional, and the majority of their wines are fermented and matured in aged oak barrels. Zlati Gric has successfully established two fresh quality blends, the red and the white Konjican. Recently they have tried their hand at
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