Decanting Burja: VIP in Vipava, Slovenia
What's new: the 2019 Zelen, 2018 Reddo, and a new wine, the 2019 Roza. Posestvo Burja, by Primoz Lavrencic, is located in the Vipavska Dolina, or Vipava Valley. Rich descriptions of…
Doug Decants: The Wines of Valter & Klemen Mlecnik, Slovenia
The Mlecnik 9ha farm, situated in Bukovica at the western end of the Vipava valley near the Italian border, is planted to a mix of Chardonnay, Rebula, Sauvignonasse (ex-Tocai Friulano),…
Doug Decants: 2016 Burja Zelen, Vipavska Dolina
The third generation to cultivate grapes in his region, Primoz left the family estate in 2009 to start his own label, ‘Burja’, the name of the strong wind that blows…
Doug Decants: Champers, Sherry, Gramenon and more!
Champagne Pierre Gerbais Grains de Celles Rosé Champagne Pierre Gerbais is a fourth generation domaine in the Aube. It is spearheaded today by the youthful Aurélien Gerbais, a winemaker who…
Taste Slovenia
Towards the end of 2016, our Sir Wregg traipsed across Slovenia tasting the bounty of its most artisan of growers. Fast forwarded to present day we have wines from two…
Slovenia: The Small Country with the Big Wine Culture – Part Three
Biodynamic diversions A Wreath of Sonnets, by France Preseren (one of Slovenia’s great poets): Send but your rays their glory to renew And let me not look for dawn's light…
Slovenia: The Small Country with the Big Wine Culture – Part Two
Valter’s wine press – hot off the press. Valter Mlecnik The Mlecnik 9ha farm, situated on western end of the Vipava valley, is planted to Chardonnay, Rebula, Sauvignonasse (ex-Tocai Friulano),…