Almost unavoidable question when drinking wine is; where does it come from and who is the winemaker or winery. Additional questions come afterwards.
We associate wine with region or country where it is produced. Speaking of wine from Europe most people think of France, Italy, Spain, other countries follow. First reason they produce wast majority of the wine and have long tradition of wine making and trade.
Hardly anyone think of wine from Slovenia or Slovenian winemakers when talking about European wine. One reason is small quantity, Slovenia has fairly small wine production due to it's scale.
It doesn't mean Slovenian wine is of inferior quality, in many cases it presents opposite, a pleasant surprise, sometimes even astonishment. Individual Slovenian winemakers may be known to enthusiasts worldwide. Almost all of them coming from western Slovenia or within distance of few kilometers away in Italy. Their wine stands out from average either by special method or story around it, mostly both. Just few of them belong to this group.
To follow fashion trends in wine? Anybody remembering woody barique wine which was highly in fashion in the early 90s? It didn't work well in Slovenia.
Is different terroir enough to make recognizable wine? To reach wider recognition is it enough to make just wine with no mistakes, but similar as big wine countries and thousands other winemakers around the globe? Is it good to make the wine consumers "demand"?
Or should winemakers do what they find right and good, to rely on their feeling? As foundation using knowledge and experience of past generations and incorporating present possibilities.
We associate wine with region or country where it is produced. Speaking of wine from Europe most people think of France, Italy, Spain, other countries follow. First reason they produce wast majority of the wine and have long tradition of wine making and trade.
Hardly anyone think of wine from Slovenia or Slovenian winemakers when talking about European wine. One reason is small quantity, Slovenia has fairly small wine production due to it's scale.
It doesn't mean Slovenian wine is of inferior quality, in many cases it presents opposite, a pleasant surprise, sometimes even astonishment. Individual Slovenian winemakers may be known to enthusiasts worldwide. Almost all of them coming from western Slovenia or within distance of few kilometers away in Italy. Their wine stands out from average either by special method or story around it, mostly both. Just few of them belong to this group.
To follow fashion trends in wine? Anybody remembering woody barique wine which was highly in fashion in the early 90s? It didn't work well in Slovenia.
Is different terroir enough to make recognizable wine? To reach wider recognition is it enough to make just wine with no mistakes, but similar as big wine countries and thousands other winemakers around the globe? Is it good to make the wine consumers "demand"?
Or should winemakers do what they find right and good, to rely on their feeling? As foundation using knowledge and experience of past generations and incorporating present possibilities.
