Slovenia

Question 1

What percentage of production in Slovenia is white wine?

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

What are the 3 wine growing regions in Slovenia? What countries do they each border?

Answer 2

Primorska - borders Italy/Friuli
Podravje - borders Austria/Hungary
Posavje - borders Croatia

Question 3

What are Pinela and Zelen?

Answer 3

White grapes indigenous to Slovenia

Question 4

What are these grapes known as in Slovenia?

Pinot Grigio
Ribolla Gialla
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Noir
Blaufrankisch

Answer 4

Sivi Pinot
Rebula
Beli Pinot
Modri Pinot
Modra Frankinja

Question 5

A Slovenian table wine will be labeled how?

What is their abbreviation for IGT and PDO?

Answer 5

Namizmo Vino

ZGO (IGT) Zascitena Geografska Oznacba
ZOP (PDO) Zascitena Oznaca Porekla

Question 6

Which Slovenian wine region is considered the best of the 3, and what 4 sub regions are there?

Answer 6

Primorska (Primorje)

Goriska Brda
Kras
Slovenska Istra
Vipava Valley

Question 7

What is the climate like in Primorska, Slovenia?

Answer 7

Mild Mediterranean

Question 8

In which of Slovenia’s 3 regions will I find a grape vine over 400 years old?

Answer 8

Podravje, district of Stajerska Slovenija

In Maribor