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Getting to know wine
Winemakers, municipalities and the Ministry of Culture will have to be fully included in
this project for these wine routes to come truly alive, which demands a great deal of effort
and resources. On some of these routes this has been achieved, although the routes still
do not fulfil all the requirements and do not have suitably prepared tourist farms. So far,
only the Below Pohorje route has been properly analysed38, and it would be beneficial to
carry out similarly detailed analyses for all the other routes. The author of the dissertation
concerned presents all the registered farms en route, as well as potential ones, stating for
each the farm’s size, the surface area of the vineyards, the varieties of grapevine grown and
other supplementary activities the farm is involved in. There are also area maps showing
the farms and the information centre. The author says she would like to add a detailed
analysis of the following: the history of the area, the architectural heritage, cultural sites,
culinary characteristics, environmentally friendly viticulture and winemaking (i.e. integrated
cultivation of grapes and winemaking), and the marketing and promotion of wine. Only
with the help of such research studies can VTCs create good information material that can
serve as a guideline for wine lovers and tourists.
It is not the intention of this book to give a detailed description of the wine routes and
farms, only to show where they are and to draw attention to a few of the oenological and
cultural characteristics that the reader may encounter along the way.
The Winegrowing Region
of Primorska
VTC 1: The Brda wine route
Petra. Medana, 2006. Photo: Staša Cafuta. The Brda Hills are a special winegrowing area.
In the north, they are enclosed by mountains,
but in the south the countryside opens up into
the Friuli plain. Temperate air from the Adriatic
warms the slopes and the villages on them. The
Brda Hills are a land of wine and fruit, covered
in vineyards and orchards of cherry and peach
trees. This is Slovenia’s paradise, where in a
small area there are numerous villages scattered
around the hill ridges and intensively cultivated
vineyards. This area has always been a border
area in which the interests of the Holy Roman
Empire and the Habsburgs have been in conflict
with those of Aquilea and Venice. In the Brda
Hills there are the remains of fortresses, castles
and fortified villages which are a part of our
historical and artistic heritage.
38 Ozimič 2000, op.cit.
155
Winemakers, municipalities and the Ministry of Culture will have to be fully included in
this project for these wine routes to come truly alive, which demands a great deal of effort
and resources. On some of these routes this has been achieved, although the routes still
do not fulfil all the requirements and do not have suitably prepared tourist farms. So far,
only the Below Pohorje route has been properly analysed38, and it would be beneficial to
carry out similarly detailed analyses for all the other routes. The author of the dissertation
concerned presents all the registered farms en route, as well as potential ones, stating for
each the farm’s size, the surface area of the vineyards, the varieties of grapevine grown and
other supplementary activities the farm is involved in. There are also area maps showing
the farms and the information centre. The author says she would like to add a detailed
analysis of the following: the history of the area, the architectural heritage, cultural sites,
culinary characteristics, environmentally friendly viticulture and winemaking (i.e. integrated
cultivation of grapes and winemaking), and the marketing and promotion of wine. Only
with the help of such research studies can VTCs create good information material that can
serve as a guideline for wine lovers and tourists.
It is not the intention of this book to give a detailed description of the wine routes and
farms, only to show where they are and to draw attention to a few of the oenological and
cultural characteristics that the reader may encounter along the way.
The Winegrowing Region
of Primorska
VTC 1: The Brda wine route
Petra. Medana, 2006. Photo: Staša Cafuta. The Brda Hills are a special winegrowing area.
In the north, they are enclosed by mountains,
but in the south the countryside opens up into
the Friuli plain. Temperate air from the Adriatic
warms the slopes and the villages on them. The
Brda Hills are a land of wine and fruit, covered
in vineyards and orchards of cherry and peach
trees. This is Slovenia’s paradise, where in a
small area there are numerous villages scattered
around the hill ridges and intensively cultivated
vineyards. This area has always been a border
area in which the interests of the Holy Roman
Empire and the Habsburgs have been in conflict
with those of Aquilea and Venice. In the Brda
Hills there are the remains of fortresses, castles
and fortified villages which are a part of our
historical and artistic heritage.
38 Ozimič 2000, op.cit.
155
