Slovenia in The North Adriatic
The North Adriatic is a fascinating macro-wine region that is less known by the public but brings wines that can compete with the best in the world. The area is divided by 3 country's but through history have always been related.
It consists of the Friuli region in northern Italy, western Slovenia and Istria in Croatia.
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Recently, an amazing new book has been released about this area, written by Paul Balke.
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My holiday home Hisa Kal is near the middle of this area. The wine world nowadays is too big and too divers to understand all. Focussing on these parts is a challenge on its own
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Slovenia has 3 wine regions: Primorska, Podravska and Posavska. The first is part of the North Adriatic
Wine-growing regions of Slovenia
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Primorska
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Podravska
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Posavska
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Goriska Brda
Vipava
Kras
Slovenska Istra
Prekmurje
Stajerska
Bizeljsko
Dolenjska
Bela krajina
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Primorska wine region
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In a straight line no more then15km away from our house Hisa Kal start the wineregions of the
Primorska. The 2 closest and most famous regions are Goriska Brda and the Vipava valley.
This beautiful most westerly part of Slovenia borders Italy's wine region Friuli - Venezia Giulia
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Click on the map to find the prominent winemakers of the region
Goriska Brda
Friuli colli orientali DOC
Friuli Isonzo DOC
Vipava (SLO)
Collio Goriziano
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