by stasa cafuta trcek (text & photo)

Where: Vrazov trg, DomKulture MuziKafe, Ptuj, Slovenia
When: 24. – 27 August 2016
What: 20th Days of Poetry and Wine

Ptuj the European poetry capital with 777 years of winemaking heritage
For me special event and special festival also because thethirdwine is a part of it since being in Ptuj, Slovenia. First it was in Medana in Goriška brda, then the last 7 years in Ptuj. Wherever it was that poetry was brought to by poets and other artists from all over the world in the past 20 years, it became part of the genius loci and the community, the location’s trademark. For the duration of the festival, Ptuj becomes the European poetry capital.

Culture of Wine Drinking
Renowned vintners, most of them from the Štajerska region of Slovenia filled the wine altar at Vraz Square, run by me the coordinator of wine tastings, primarily with wines produced over the last year. New wines were presented, some of them ecological and biodynamic. Guests were able to taste wine of the Štajerska Slovenia region and the coast - Primorska, with the following fine producers: Ptujska klet, Kobal Wines, Turčan, SiSi, Gönc, Verus, Gaube, Steyer, P&F Jeruzalem Ormož, M-enostavno dobra vina, Marjan Simčič, Ščurek, Frešer (biological production), Zorjan in Guerila (biodynamically produced). This year's wine program brought even more: wine altar and Wicked tastings! (Kobal Wines, Ptujska klet - Pullus and Guerila) were accompanied by a wine quiz and a wine workshop, both lead by a wine journalist Jože Rozman.

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