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Welcome to episode 69
Today again a scoop for Leon's Winementaries. For the first time a wine from Slovenia.
Perhaps you think Slovenia, do they even make wine? Well certainly, and even longer than in France, Spain or Germany.
Because in these countries it were the Romans who introduced viticulture,
but here it were the Illyrians and the Celts a few hundred years earlier, around 500 BC, who were actively growing wine.
While the country Slovenia itself only excists since 1991 and became independent from Yugoslavia,
the area itself has an enormous viticultural history.
Today the country has a total area of about 20,000 hectares of vineyards.
About 75% of the 80 to 100 million liters annually produced is white.
Like this great wine from Puklavec and friends made from Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio.
Striking combination: Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio!
Both greaps give fresh wines on its own and the two together must therefore be almost doublefresh.
And that's what it is: a great summer wine, fresh and for me personally with a clear scent of pears.
Super modern wine made by a very modern winery.
A quick search on google provides 2 websites and even both in Dutch!
puklavecandfriends.com en pfwineries.com
There is a ton of information on these two sites about the company, its wines and the wine region.
Puklavec and friends is located in the northernmost and largest of the 3 wine regions of Slovenia, the Podravje region.
A beautiful area. The legend goes that crusaders towards biblical Jerusalem stopped here on one of the most beautiful hills.
After drinking the local wine donated by the hospitable people, they decided never to leave.
They called it Jerusalem and to this day, this is one of the most prominent places in the area
and the hill offers spectacular views of the surrounding vineyards.
On clear days you can even see Hungary's Lake Balaton in the distance.
The wine area is the same latitude as the Burgundy region of France and is comparable to a modern wine country like New Zealand.
Modern technology, perfect climate, very suitable soil for wine with lots of gray marl and limestone.
Nothing stands in the way here to make wines.
And when also the availability in the Netherlands is very easy, it has to be a success.
The wines are readily available at any Jumbo supermarket and it seems like there are more of them weekly.
In addition to the Sauvignon / Pinot Grigio there's also a Sauvignon / Furmint available and a blend of 5 different grape named Delicious.
I'm going to taste them soon too.
Thanks for watching for now, no idea if I pronounce it correctly, but 'razveseliti'.