Slovenia Flashcards
Goriska brda becomes which hill if it crosses Italian border
Collio Goriziano
Kras becomes which hill if it crosses Italian border
Carso
Climate of Primorska
Mediterranean
Refesco Ribolla gialla Pinot Gris Welschriesling gewurztraminer Riesling
Synonym
Refosk Rebulla Sivi Pinot Laski Riesling Diseci traminer Renski Rizling
Pinot noir synonym
Modri Pinot
Best producer from Vipapa valley
Batic family owned winery
Which runs on spiritual belief they don’t make wines when it is over cast as God can’t see the wine making
Zaria - cloudy orange wine from Batic is most unusual and distinctive wine of Central Europe
Grapes used for Zaria Pinela and zelen
Best winery from Goriska brda and it orange wine called
Kabaj
Amphorae is rebulla based orange wine from Kabaj
Kvevri
Rebulla fermented and aged in Kvevri large amphorae sealed and closed for many months underground
Fruillano synonym
Zelini Sauvignon
Best producers of Goriska Brda
Kabaj, Movia, Edi simic, Marjan simcic
Furmint synonym
Sipon
Oldest grapevine in world
Maribor is home to oldest vine in world 400 YO and it grows Zametovka
Produces less than a gallon per year
Wine is bottled in 100 small bottles and given to imported figures of the world
Best producers of podravje
Marof, Pullus, Crnko
PGI of Slovenia
Podravje
Posavje
Primorska
Sub zones of Podravje, Posavje and Primorska
Primorska- Kopper, kras, Vipapa valley, Goriska Brda
Posavje- Dolenjska, Bela krajina, Bizeljsko Sremic
Podravje- Prekmorje, Stajarska Slovenija