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attraction rather than a fully functioning cooperative. The second branch of the wine
route leads to Boldraž and Radovica, and the third branch through Trnovec, past Lokvice
to Bušinja vas and then to Suhor and back again via Gabrovica and Berčica to Metlika,
where there is a large cooperative wine cellar, which can by appointment receive groups
interested in sampling the Bela Krajina wines. In Metlika itself, which obtained its town
rights as early as in 1365, there is the church of St. Nicholas, a castle and a museum housing
a rich archaeological and ethnological collection, as well as a firefighters’ museum. Nearby
is the village of Rosalnice with a Gothic pilgrimage complex of three churches dating from
the 15th century.
The other part of the Bela Krajina wine route is the Semič road. This leads around the villages
and vineyards lying below the Kočevski Rog plateau: Semič and Semiška gora, Sadni vrh,
Gradnik, Krvavčji vrh and Češnjevec. In Semič, there is a viticultural museum collection,
while nearby there are the castle ruins of Smuk, a wine cottage that belonged to the castle,
the caves of Lebica and Malikovec, the church of the Holy Trinity on Vinjen vrh and the
pre-historic settlement in Moverna vas. In Črnomelj, there is a wine cellar with many Bela
Krajina wines.
The most popular traditional events are Vinska vigred (Wine Spring) in Metlika and a
wine exhibition as part of the celebration of St. George’s Day in Črnomelj.
The typical viticultural
landscape of Bela Krajina.
The Drašiči area, 2006.
Photos: Staša Cafuta.
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attraction rather than a fully functioning cooperative. The second branch of the wine
route leads to Boldraž and Radovica, and the third branch through Trnovec, past Lokvice
to Bušinja vas and then to Suhor and back again via Gabrovica and Berčica to Metlika,
where there is a large cooperative wine cellar, which can by appointment receive groups
interested in sampling the Bela Krajina wines. In Metlika itself, which obtained its town
rights as early as in 1365, there is the church of St. Nicholas, a castle and a museum housing
a rich archaeological and ethnological collection, as well as a firefighters’ museum. Nearby
is the village of Rosalnice with a Gothic pilgrimage complex of three churches dating from
the 15th century.
The other part of the Bela Krajina wine route is the Semič road. This leads around the villages
and vineyards lying below the Kočevski Rog plateau: Semič and Semiška gora, Sadni vrh,
Gradnik, Krvavčji vrh and Češnjevec. In Semič, there is a viticultural museum collection,
while nearby there are the castle ruins of Smuk, a wine cottage that belonged to the castle,
the caves of Lebica and Malikovec, the church of the Holy Trinity on Vinjen vrh and the
pre-historic settlement in Moverna vas. In Črnomelj, there is a wine cellar with many Bela
Krajina wines.
The most popular traditional events are Vinska vigred (Wine Spring) in Metlika and a
wine exhibition as part of the celebration of St. George’s Day in Črnomelj.
The typical viticultural
landscape of Bela Krajina.
The Drašiči area, 2006.
Photos: Staša Cafuta.
165
