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   A Sampler of Slovene Winegrowers

     Variety is the specific characteristic of the Slovene viticulture. A wide spectrum of soils, terrain profiles and microclimatic conditions described in previous chapters have provided for a wide choice of wines and methods of production. Lively relief, with numerous small hill, which is the prevailing profile of most of the viticultural areas, makes individual vineyards small as varieties of vines are planted only on micro-locations particularly appropriate for them.

     A large portion of the Slovene wine is still produced for home consumption, in small vineyards yielding just a few hectolitres annually. But even those who market their wine tend to cultivate only small areas - vignerons with ten hectares or more are quite rare.

     Over four hundred winegrowers are registered in Slovenia, counting only those who bottle their own wines. This chapter lists sixty-four and is therefore by no means exhaustive. It was compiled primarily to illustrate the diversity of Slovene vignerons, their selection of grapevines, and the wide spectrum of winegrowing techniques. All of the winegrowers listed have won awards for the quality of their wines at wine fairs and exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad.

     I hope to provide the reader with some insight into the baffling variety of labels encountered in the wine shops of Slovenia.

Winegrowers

Amon
Barbara
Bjana
Bla§iŸ
Bordon
Borko
Bu§inel
Constantini
Cvetko
CvitaniŸ
¬arga
¬otar
¬rnko
¬urin
Dolfo
Emeran Reya
ErzetiŸ
Robert ErzetiŸ
KZ Goriçka Brda
KK Ptuj - Haloze
HlupiŸ
VVS Jeruzalem Ormo§

Kabaj
Kapela
Klet Imeno
Krajnc
Kren
KristanŸiŸ
KmeŸka zadruga Krçko
Franc and Vlado Kupljen
Vino Kupljen Jeruzalem
Boris Lisjak
Radivoj Lisjak
LjutomerŸan
MavriŸ iz Pleçivega
Dru§ina MarkoviŸ
Merkator - KZ Metlika
Movia, Vila Marija
Nando
Perçolja
Franc Protner
Jo§e Protner
Radgonske Gorice

RakiŸan
M&M Reberc
Rikot
Slovenijavino
Edvin SimŸiŸ
Marjan and Salko SimŸiŸ
SK çola Maribor
Pri Stakljevih
SturnçŸe
æŸurek
æiker
æturm
Trojner
TurŸan
Urbajs
Vinakoper
KZ Vinakras Se§ana
Vino Bre§ice
Vinag
Vipava 1894
Zlati GriŸ



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