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Recognising a wine
The winegrowing region of Posavje is divided into three districts:
• Bizeljsko-Sremič
• D olenjska
• B ela Krajina
Posavje encompasses the low hills between the Kočevje forests and pre-Alpine chains of
hills through which the River Sava winds its way. This is where Dolenjska and Bizeljsko are.
The landscape is undulating and very densely wooded, which cools the heated air coming
from the Croatian plains along the rivers Krka, Temenica and Sotla. Bela Krajina is situ-
ated on the southern, sunny side of the Gorjanci hills, with a unique landscape favourable
to winegrowing. In Posavje, there are light white and red wines that are aromatic with a
pleasant acidity and are close to the northern type of wine.
The winegrowing region of Primorska is divided into four districts:
• S lovenian Istria
• Brda or Goriška Brda
• Vipava Valley or Vipava
• K ras
Debeli Rtič, the Koper winegrowing region. Source: Vinakoper, Koper. Primorska includes the areas
stretching from the last Alpine
foothills where grapevine can
still be grown down to the Adriatic
Sea. The region has a pronounced
influence of the Mediterranean
climate, only occasionally and
evenly cooled by winds coming
from the Alps. The soil consists
of sediments that appeared as
the sea was withdrawing. The
Kras is a limestone plateau with
red soil (terra rossa). Warm days
and nights during the maturing of
grapes create wines with a higher
level of alcohol, less acid and fewer
aromatic substances, but with more
colour, which is the precondition
for the production of high qual-
ity red wines. These wines have
a somewhat southern, Mediter-
ranean character and represent
an intermediate stage between
northern and Mediterranean
wine types.
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The winegrowing region of Posavje is divided into three districts:
• Bizeljsko-Sremič
• D olenjska
• B ela Krajina
Posavje encompasses the low hills between the Kočevje forests and pre-Alpine chains of
hills through which the River Sava winds its way. This is where Dolenjska and Bizeljsko are.
The landscape is undulating and very densely wooded, which cools the heated air coming
from the Croatian plains along the rivers Krka, Temenica and Sotla. Bela Krajina is situ-
ated on the southern, sunny side of the Gorjanci hills, with a unique landscape favourable
to winegrowing. In Posavje, there are light white and red wines that are aromatic with a
pleasant acidity and are close to the northern type of wine.
The winegrowing region of Primorska is divided into four districts:
• S lovenian Istria
• Brda or Goriška Brda
• Vipava Valley or Vipava
• K ras
Debeli Rtič, the Koper winegrowing region. Source: Vinakoper, Koper. Primorska includes the areas
stretching from the last Alpine
foothills where grapevine can
still be grown down to the Adriatic
Sea. The region has a pronounced
influence of the Mediterranean
climate, only occasionally and
evenly cooled by winds coming
from the Alps. The soil consists
of sediments that appeared as
the sea was withdrawing. The
Kras is a limestone plateau with
red soil (terra rossa). Warm days
and nights during the maturing of
grapes create wines with a higher
level of alcohol, less acid and fewer
aromatic substances, but with more
colour, which is the precondition
for the production of high qual-
ity red wines. These wines have
a somewhat southern, Mediter-
ranean character and represent
an intermediate stage between
northern and Mediterranean
wine types.
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