Heineken takes over Slovenian brewery
Heineken has bought a majority stake in Slovenian brewery Pivovarna Laško for €120 million (£89m), and will soon announce its intention to buy it outright.
View ArticleSlovenia expects ‘exceptional’ 2015 vintage
Winemakers in the Styria region of Slovenia are expecting this year's vintage to rival the "exceptional" 2011, according to Slovenian wine producer P&F Wineries.
View ArticleP&F steps up Slovenian wine ambitions
Slovenia's biggest winemaker is building a reputation on the international stage despite being from "a country that no one knows, with regions no one knows and brands no one knows", says its managing...
View ArticleSlovenian town to build beer fountain
Visitors to a town in Slovenia could soon have pints poured from a fountain rather than the bar, if plans for a fountain that spouts beer instead of water go ahead.
View ArticleSlovenia: The ‘New Old World’ Winemaking Country
It's not just Melania Trump, wife of the U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, that's putting Slovenia on everyone’s lips – its wines are also generating buzz in the Hong Kong wine community.
View ArticleCroatia gets permission to use ‘Teran’ name
The EU has granted partial permission for Croatian winemakers to use ‘Teran’ on its wine labels after a long dispute with Slovenia.
View ArticleFirst Lady wine created for Melania Trump
A quartet of Slovenian wine producers from Sevnica, where First Lady Melania Trump grew up, have released a wine in her honour.
View ArticleSlovenia takes EU to court in grape dispute
Slovenia’s minister of Agriculture has said that the country is to file a lawsuit against the European Commission in a dispute over the grape variety Teran.
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Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair returns next week
A record 1070 exhibitors from 38 countries and regions will return to the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair on 9 November to 11 November, featuring 30 group pavilions of global wine...
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Slovenia and Croatia row over red grape
Bottles of Croatian wine with “Teran” on the label will be illegal to sell in the EU from 1 July unless a row between Slovenia and Croatia is resolved.
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Croatia claims true Teran is Istrian
Istrian wine producers have fought back following attempts by Slovenia and the EU to preclude Croatia from using the Teran grape on labels.
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Top 10 wine consuming countries
You would expect Italy and France to make a top 10 of wine consuming countries per capita, but data from the California Wine Institute also threw up a few surprises.
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Tesco to launch priciest own-label ever
UK supermarket Tesco has doubled its Argentine wine range and next month will launch its most expensive own-label wine ever.
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Hot weather threatens craft beer hops
A drought in the US and a heatwave in Central Europe are threatening this year’s hop harvests, putting craft beer production in jeopardy.
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Puklavec: Furmint is our character in Slovenia
Furmint, usually associated with sweet Tokaji wines from Hungary, is having a second life as a dry still wine in Slovenia, with the country’s leading dry Furmint specialist Puklavec Family Wines...
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World’s first sparkling wine made in complete darkness launched
Slovenian winery Radgonske Gorice has launched what it claims to be the world’s first sparkling wine made in complete darkness from grape to bottle. [caption id="attachment_452491" align="aligncenter"...
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Producer views Covid-19 wine market ‘with a smile and a tear’
Having “sold out” in European retailers, but lost all its restaurant wine business due to Covid-19 lockdowns, leading Slovenian producer Puklavec views the current drinks market “with a smile and a...
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斯洛文尼亚发布“第一夫人”酒
斯洛文尼亚四名酿酒商近日发布一款来自Sevnica的“第一夫人”葡萄酒，以向在Sevnica长大的斯洛文尼亚移民、美国第一夫人Melania Trump致敬。 这款被简单称为“第一夫人”的葡萄酒采用来自斯洛文尼亚东部的Blaufränkisch葡萄品种酿造，当地人则称其为Modra Franking。四名参与的酿酒师每人拿出2015年份的两桶酒用于酿造这一特殊酒款。...
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Producer profile: Puklavec Family Wines
To kick off a new series shining a light on family-owned wine estates around the world, we explore the sprightly whites of pioneering Slovenian estate Puklavec Family Wines. Martin Puklavec had a...
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Why it’s time to embrace the ‘mother-in-law’ of grapes
It’s time for the world to embrace one central European grape – even if it behaves like your mother-in-law, according to pioneering Slovenian producer Puklavec Family Wines. That grape is Furmint, most...
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Furmint: a misunderstood grape with a bright future
It’s a challenge trying to convince consumers to try central Europe’s native white grape Furmint, but when they do, it’s almost universally loved, according to Tatjana Puklavec from Slovenia’s Puklavec...
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Poor hop harvests anticipated in Europe
Estimates from BarthHaas suggest that hop harvests this year will be substantially lower than average in Germany and Czechia, bringing more woe to brewers across Europe. Germany is the world's second...
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Slovenian floods cause landslides in vineyards
Landslides are causing problems in the vineyards of Slovenia, db has learnt, following floods described as the most devastating in the country's history. The prime minister Robert Golob said the floods...
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