Tag: Festivals & Fairs

A dipWSET’s report on VieVinum 2022

VieVinum 2022

After more than 1400 days from the previous one, the 2022 edition of VieVinum eventually took place in Vienna from the 21st to the 23rd of May, and it really was a pleasure. VieVinum is the largest wine fair dedicated to Austrian wine, created at the end of the Nineties by the national marketing board, in order to showcase the…

Refuscus Mundi – a World of Refosco rising in Izola

On March the 28th, the wine fair Refuscus Mundi – Un mondo di refosco/Svet Refoska is taking palce in Izola, and, as you can easily figure out from its name, it’s completely dedicated to this typical, local vine variety, which tastes at its best when produced on the Karst plateau and in Istria. We asked Zaro family from Izola, who are the event’s organisers,…

Analysing the second Ljubljana Sparkling Wine Festival

  After seven hours of smelling and sipping, observing and tasting, the second Sparkling Wine Festival, held in Ljubljana on february the 13th, is over. This festival was a successful event for all parts – organisers, exhibitors and visitors – and it’s easy to foresee there will be a third edition. Organisers can be satisfied because a lot of visitors came at the…

Ljubljana 2015 Sparkling Wine Fair: an interview to organisers

Next Friday, the 13th of February, the Second Sparkling Wine Fair is going to take place at the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana. We interviewed Nina Levičnik, public relations and corporate identity manager at Salon penečih vin, to let our readers know a little more about this intresting event. Here’s what we asked her.   Please introduce yourself to our readers: what’s your personal…

Wine Festival Label Grand Karakterre 3 – we’ll be there!

[Photo Credits: Wikipedia,  By Ramón from Llanera, España]     Ljulbljiana is the capital town of Slovenia and is allegedly striving to become the capital town of wine, too, as in a little while another event is taking place there. On Friday, December the 12th Festival Label Grand Karakterre 3 will be hosted in the fascinating  castle of Ljubljiana.   This wine festival is…

17th Slovenian Wine Festival: our experience

On Thursday the 20th of November and on Friday the 21st, the 17th edition of the Slovenian Wine Festival took place at the Unon Grand Hotel in Ljubljiana, as well as the 7th edition of the Culinary Festival. We visited it on Friday afternoon. Operations at the registration desk were fast and we quickly got our glass and could immediately start…