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Getting to know wine
There are many short films about the www.slovino.com is the most frequently visited Slovene wine portal.
cultivation of grapes and winemak- It is managed by the SloVino Institute.
ing, as well as about winegrowing
areas and localities. The Commercial I am often asked: “How can I get
Community for Viticulture and to know wine?”, “How do I find
Winemaking has made a long series out more about wine?”, “How
of films about viticulture in each should I learn about the varieties,
winegrowing district. The last such aromas, flavours and the goodness
series was Okus po vinu (The Taste of wine?”, “Who can explain it all to
of Wine). Nowadays, more and more me?” A book, without any practical
information about wine, winemakers experience to back it up is obviously
and wine events is also available on not enough. Those who are truly
the Internet. In fact, this has become interested in wine must be shown
a wonderful tool for getting the most how to learn about the aroma of a
up-to-date information of any sort, Traminec or a Riesling, about the
including about wine. characteristics of oxidised wine or
the aroma of a “predicate” wine,
in short about all the good points
and the shortcoming of a sample
of wine. This is why I will give a
short description of how to get to
know wine.
THE MOST EXCELLENT VINTAGES
DURING THE LAST THREE
DECADES
1983 – exceptionally good
1985
1992
1993
1999
2002
2003
Photo: Aleš Gačnik
131
There are many short films about the www.slovino.com is the most frequently visited Slovene wine portal.
cultivation of grapes and winemak- It is managed by the SloVino Institute.
ing, as well as about winegrowing
areas and localities. The Commercial I am often asked: “How can I get
Community for Viticulture and to know wine?”, “How do I find
Winemaking has made a long series out more about wine?”, “How
of films about viticulture in each should I learn about the varieties,
winegrowing district. The last such aromas, flavours and the goodness
series was Okus po vinu (The Taste of wine?”, “Who can explain it all to
of Wine). Nowadays, more and more me?” A book, without any practical
information about wine, winemakers experience to back it up is obviously
and wine events is also available on not enough. Those who are truly
the Internet. In fact, this has become interested in wine must be shown
a wonderful tool for getting the most how to learn about the aroma of a
up-to-date information of any sort, Traminec or a Riesling, about the
including about wine. characteristics of oxidised wine or
the aroma of a “predicate” wine,
in short about all the good points
and the shortcoming of a sample
of wine. This is why I will give a
short description of how to get to
know wine.
THE MOST EXCELLENT VINTAGES
DURING THE LAST THREE
DECADES
1983 – exceptionally good
1985
1992
1993
1999
2002
2003
Photo: Aleš Gačnik
131
