Guilty Pleasure Blog Slovenian Wine Festival 2022

Slovenian Wine Festival

by stasa bizjak, milan stojičević (text and photo)

What: 24th Slovenian Wine Festival

Where: Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia

When: November 17 – 18, 2022

Why: The Slovenian Wine Festival’s mission is to present Slovenian and foreign wines and to spread the culture of wine drinking.

Who:120 winemakers, mostly from Slovenia

My TOP

- Prestige Extra Brut, 2013, Istenič

- Mali knof cuvee 2022, Vino Krajnc

- Renski rizling Markus 2015, Frešer

- Sauvignon 2017, Zanut

- Merlot 2017, Barkola

The winners of this year's evaluation of festival wines in each category are:

• sparkling white wines: Prestige Extra Brut, year 2013, Istenič d.o.o. (Posavje BizeljskoSremiški district)

• sparkling rosé wines: Sparkling Wine Joannes Rosé, vintage 2017, House Joannes Protner (Podravine-Styria region)

• still white wines: Rhenish Riesling, year 2019, House Joannes Protner (Podravka-Styria region)

• white wines with residual sugar: Rhenish Riesling selection, vintage 2019, Wine Cellar Prus - Bela Krajina (Posavje-Bela Krajina)

• rosé still wines: Rosé, year 2021, Kmetijska zadruga Metlika, z.o.o. (Posavje-Bela krajina)

• still red wines: Virus 3, year 2017, Sosolič Wines (Primorska-Brda)

Save the date for Slovenian Wine Festival 2023:

November 16 – 17, 2023