October is truly wine coloured month in Ljubljana, specifically at GR -Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. Tonight at the ceremony Vino Ljubljana we will announce the reworded wines of the 58th International Wine Competition – Vino Ljubljana. The competition is known as one of the oldest in the world. The event which was held in Ljubljana in June 2016 welcomed over 40 tasters from 14 countries with 412 samples from 21 countries. This year, the world wine champions are coming from Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
The ceremony will also officially introduce the 52th Wine fair which is happening next week, on 20th and 21st October and already for third year brings together wine lovers and experts, wine growers and other eminent guests with main goal to inform about the culture of wine drinking. The event involves degustation of wines, presentation of wine makers and wine consortium from Slovenia and abroad, rich culinary offer, cooking shows and a bunch of accompanying events, like 1st Slovenian drink mixing competition – “Premium Cocktail SLO 2016”, 2nd Symposium of Slovenian Liquors, Boutique Slovenian Cooking contest – “Wine on the plate” and also many workshops and lectures.