Speakers
Dušan Brejc
BSc. in Agronomy (UL, Slovenia), with specializations in oenology (UB Dijon, 1986/7) and marketing (JICA Osaka, 1997). His first professional decade was spent in winemaking, his second one in the international marketing & sales of wine, spirits and soft drinks. Since 2003 till 2021 he was the managing director of the Wine Association of Slovenia Ltd.. Judge at domestic and international wine competitions, including as an O.I.V. delegate-tasting expert. Holder of the title Ambasciatore (emerito) bestowed by the Italian Città del Vino, and recipient of the prestigious award Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Benchmark Taster (2018). Wine writer & educator of many years. A member of the Honorable Wine Convention of St. Urban in Ljubljana.
official event
TASTING EX...PRESS - 13 Slovenian Wine Style & Quality Pursuits
Description
WARNING: IN ORDER TO ATTEND THIS TASTING, BEFORE BOOKING / BUYING THE TICKET, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ENTRY PASS FOR THE EXHIBITION VINITALY 2024 VALID FOR THE DAY IN WHICH THE TASTING TAKES PLACE.
Since 2000, the wine sector has embraced “style” as an all-powerful concept in wine marketing, to the detriment of “good old-fashioned quality” we had sworn by before. And yet, no one has served up a clear definition of style or quality respectively? In comparisons between 13 contemporary Slovenian wines, of local and international varieties, whose context and content will be defined in advance, we aim to display how winemakers have approached these notions in order to prove to the national and international public what they want, wish, think and know.
Wine List:
Flight 1: Double blind warm-up wine is “the drama king”…
(Bottles in blind bags)
Flight 2: Primordial wine meets the future
Pirc, Cviček 2023
Frelih, Cviček 2022
Flight 3: Šipon/Furmint style & quality debate
Verus, Furmint 2021
Gross, Gorca Furmint 2021
Flight 4: New Age Chardonnay lifestyle
Gjerkeš, Chardonnay 2018
Sutor, Chardonnay 2020
Flight 5: Pinot Noir varietal exposure
Šturm, Pinot 2021 (vinified as white wine)
Gaube, Pinot Noir 2020
Dveri-Pax, Pinot Noir 2015
Tilia Estate, Pinot Noir Estate 2020
Flight 6: Looking for something “different or interesting”?
Batič, Barbera Angel 2020
Marof, Modra Frankinja/ Blaufränkisch 2020
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