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Getting to know wine
completely Slovene and their historic sites are connected with the Slovene people of Istra:
in Hrastovlje there is the church of the Holy Trinity, in which there are numerous frescoes
from 1490 painted by Janez from Kastvo; in Podpeč there is a defence tower and in Predloka
an old Slavic burial ground; there are archaeological finds in caves along the edge of the
Kras plateau and the late-Romanic church of St. Stephen in Zanigrad. Just before Črni Kal
there is Socerb Castle and the Osp Valley, where there are vineyards.
The Koper wine cellar was
built in the early 1950s.
It has room for 7 million
litres of wine. The part of
the cellar with wooden
vessels is open to visitors,
2006. Photo: Aleš Gačnik.
The Koper winegrowing region is the home of Refošk and Malvazija, which have been
cultivated here for a thousand years, together with Muscat. Nowadays, there are other
varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet, Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot (Pinot Gris) and Chardonnay.
Marezige, which hosts a festival, is the centre of Refošk.
A view of the concentrated 42 hectares of One of the most exclusive modern wine cellars in Slovenia
vineyards belonging to the Brič wine cellar, 2007. (Santomas) was built with great respect for local history.
Photo: Aleš Gačnik. Šmarje, 2008. Photo: Aleš Gačnik.
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completely Slovene and their historic sites are connected with the Slovene people of Istra:
in Hrastovlje there is the church of the Holy Trinity, in which there are numerous frescoes
from 1490 painted by Janez from Kastvo; in Podpeč there is a defence tower and in Predloka
an old Slavic burial ground; there are archaeological finds in caves along the edge of the
Kras plateau and the late-Romanic church of St. Stephen in Zanigrad. Just before Črni Kal
there is Socerb Castle and the Osp Valley, where there are vineyards.
The Koper wine cellar was
built in the early 1950s.
It has room for 7 million
litres of wine. The part of
the cellar with wooden
vessels is open to visitors,
2006. Photo: Aleš Gačnik.
The Koper winegrowing region is the home of Refošk and Malvazija, which have been
cultivated here for a thousand years, together with Muscat. Nowadays, there are other
varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet, Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot (Pinot Gris) and Chardonnay.
Marezige, which hosts a festival, is the centre of Refošk.
A view of the concentrated 42 hectares of One of the most exclusive modern wine cellars in Slovenia
vineyards belonging to the Brič wine cellar, 2007. (Santomas) was built with great respect for local history.
Photo: Aleš Gačnik. Šmarje, 2008. Photo: Aleš Gačnik.
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