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SLOVENIAN WINE ROADS

“We eat and drink to live! But we don’t live to eat and drink!“ That‘s what the adage says, telling us that both wine and food are consequences of man‘s economic endeavours, a form of social cohesion and a reflection of the immense variety of cultural creativity. That is why it is through wines and dishes that we can recognise life styles, ordinary days and holidays, the efforts of individuals, families and inhabitants of towns, villages and regions. Through this publication we invite you to discover the richness of all three wine-growing regions of Slovenia, which, with its hundreds of years of cultural entanglements, is building its modern recognisability at the junction of the European Alps, the Mediterranean and the Pannonian Plain. It is this very junction that also gives a special and recognisable character to all of our wines and cuisine. Our numerous, often quite boutique and extremely natural wines, include quite a few original or autochthonous specialties, which, along with other wines, can very quickly create unique experiences and relationships for you. Here the path from heart to soul is a very short one... That is exactly why we are offering you several wine routs, which will lead you through the wine-growing regions of Podravje, Posavje and Primorska... To good people and dishes and to noble wines!

“We eat and drink to live! But we don’t live to eat and drink!“ That‘s what the adage says, telling us
that both wine and food are consequences of man‘s economic endeavours, a form of social cohesion
and a reflection of the immense variety of cultural creativity. That is why it is through wines
and dishes that we can recognise life styles, ordinary days and holidays, the efforts of individuals,
families and inhabitants of towns, villages and regions. Through this publication we invite you
to discover the richness of all three wine-growing regions of Slovenia, which, with its hundreds
of years of cultural entanglements, is building its modern recognisability at the junction of the
European Alps, the Mediterranean and the Pannonian Plain. It is this very junction that also gives
a special and recognisable character to all of our wines and cuisine. Our numerous, often quite
boutique and extremely natural wines, include quite a few original or autochthonous specialties,
which, along with other wines, can very quickly create unique experiences and relationships for
you. Here the path from heart to soul is a very short one... That is exactly why we are offering you
several wine routs, which will lead you through the wine-growing regions of Podravje, Posavje and
Primorska... To good people and dishes and to noble wines!

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26 slovenian wine roads<br />

Wine-growing subdistrict of Srednje Slovenske gorice<br />

Exceptional wines in Slovenia’s oldest town<br />

The vineyards of Slovenske gorice - Juršinski Vrh, with Otto Herbertstein’s cellar, all<br />

the way to Ptuj’s Mestni vrh and Zavrh, where until the end of the Second World War<br />

vinedressers cultivated vineyards owned by townspeople - are sights worth seeing in<br />

their own right. There the sun and rain nourish the vines of Laški Riesling, Renski<br />

Riesling, the autochthonous Šipon and Ranina, Zeleni Silvanec, Pinot Gris and Blanc,<br />

Yellow Muscat, Kerner, Traminec and other noble, especially, white varieties. Slovenske<br />

gorice also boasts excellent conditions for highest-quality predicate wines and<br />

wines that enrich the selection of matured wines – including the most famous wine<br />

kept in the Ptuj Cellar, where the oldest wines in Slovenia are also kept.

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