And they prepare it à table (tableside)! A must-see feast for the eye, a must-try, and certainly one of the best beef tartares we’ve tried in years. The Saints Hills Cantina is located at the top of the Sv. Ante…
Tag: Sauvignon Blanc
Diving into the amber wines of Brda
What happens when Simon J. Woolf – author of the book “Amber wine revolution”, regular contributor for Decanter and the editor of “The morning claret” – invites Simona Česen – head sommelier of Šuklje wine bar, and one of the…
Kobal wines – Sauvignon single vineyard, 2018
We’re returning to Bojan Kobal tonight as there is an expression of a Sauvignon Blanc we should not miss. We’ll be tasting his black-labelled, single-vineyard wine which matured in oak. We’re speaking of one of Bojan’s most prestigious vineyards from…
Puklavec family wines – 34 white cuvée, 2016
It is time we return to the Puklavec family wines, as there is a particular wine we’re setting on to taste tonight. We’ll be looking at one of their recent additions to the prestigious line of wines, a special cuvée…
Gross – Cuvée Korže, 2019
We’re returning to the steep slopes of Haloze tonight to look at a cuvée that has been recently released at the Gross family. We’re tasting their Korže cuvée, named after the vineyard where grapes are coming from. Korže is one…
Klet Brda – deBaguer white, 2017
We’re returning tonight to the cooperative wine cellar of Brda. They have been releasing some refined wines, and one of the last ones to be added to the portfolio is deBaguer – composed of white and red state of the…
Marof – Sauvignon Bodonci, 2017
Time to introduce you to another winemaker tonight, one that was missing at this blog, and I’m happy to be able to present it to you finally. We’re in Prekmurje, at the Marof wine cellar, where Uroš Valcl crafts world-class…
Vinakoper – Sixty White, 2019
Time to return to the Slovenska Istra wine district at the most extensive cellar here. We’re at Vinakoper, looking at a wine that has seen its release in May this year. It’s the rendition of their famed cuvée Sixty, only…
Doppler – Efekt, 2018
Let’s taste a wine I’ve been keeping up for some time now. We’re back at the Doppler estate, to look at their blend of 20 % Furmint, 35% Silvaner, 10% Welschriesing, 15% Riesling and 20% Sauvignon blanc. A blend of…
Joannes – Protner – Sauvignon, 2019
We’re returning to Vodole tonight to taste a varietal rendition of Sauvignon blanc, produced by the Protner family in a way to express the characteristics of this variety. Grapes were hand-harvested at a vineyard planted in sandy loam soil, close…