by stasa cafuta trcek (text & photo)

Where: Šempas, Vipava Valley, Slovenia
When: 1st & 2nd April, 2012
What: Wine Festival Šempas

Traditional Wine Festival called “Festival vin Sempas” is the two-day festival which offers a pleasant atmosphere with domestic, domesticated and indigenous varieties. More than 60 wine producers from all three Slovenian wine regions and neighboring countries are presented. Wineries from Vipava Valley dominated. Darja Zemljic, Slovenian wine journalist said “global wine made in Vipava Valley in the village scene” – I would not be able to agree more.

My TOP (p.s. Almost all wines were TOP!)

• Rebula R 2009, dry, 13%, Kmetija Bizjak, Vipava Valley, Wine Region Primorska, Slovenia
• Malvazija 2009, off-dry, 14,5%, Lepa Vida, Vipava Valley, Wine Region Primorska,
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• Zaria 2010, dry, 13%, Batič, Vipava Valley, Wine Region Primorska, Slovenia
• Zelen 2010, dry, Vina Jamšek 1887, Vipava Valley, Wine Region Primorska, Slovenia
• Friulano 2007, dry,13,5%, La Castellada, Wine Region Collio Goriziano, Italy

More: www.festival-vin.si
         www.festival-vin.si/seznam_vinarjev/
         www.vipavska.si