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As Eastern Europe and Slovenia tourism become more popular with sophisticated travelers, the wines produced within its borders have risen in reputation and have become more favored and well-known than ever before.

Within Slovenia there are 21,600 hectares (53,373 acres) of vineyard concentrated in three winegrowing regions: Podravje, Posavje, and Primorje. The climate is favorable to a host of grape varieties and the country produces whites, reds and roses.

However, Slovenia is located between the Southern Alps and the Mediterranean, a combination that results in a complicated wine growing climate. Slovene viticulture often suffers from weather disruptions that can drop the total annual output of Slovene vineyards in some years by as much as half.

However, the traditional hardship usually results in production of more top quality wines.

In fact, more than 70 percent of the wines produced here are quality and high-quality wines, with the rest marketed for export. If you're luckly enough to be traveling through Slovenia, do as the Slovenians do, and enjoy the availablity of top-shelf wines that Slovenia natives have been enjoying for centuries ....

More about Slovenian wines and wineries around the Web:

Wines of Slovenia - The first page of this site is a simple menu but inside the pages you'll find a gateway to the Slovene wine history, grapes and wine producing regions that will amaze you. In depth discussion of each of the wines produced, beautiful photography of the countryside and the wine harvest and more to enrich your visit to the site and your knowledge and enjoyment of the wines.

Slovenian Tourist Board - Cuisine & Wines - The main page of this section offers some tasty pictures and recommendation of wines to sample. There are 20 separate pages on wines and wine roads. Most of the links are not in English...

Vinakoper - One of the most popular Slovenian wine making companies in the Koper wine-growing region has a good selection of information on both white and red wines from the area.

Slovenia - The story of viniculture in Slovenia - This article covers the history of wine in Slovenia. The information on the top vintages should be very helpful.