Knocked back with a TFL reader Andrew, at Kefana, the Serbian resto on Avenue C. $58 on the menu and well worth it. Loved the gentle muted, sugarless honey and... read more →
Stupidly low yields, this births what some might call rosé but many would just call a light red wine. From limestone soils, this is full of small berries in beeswax,... read more →
This made me think that Slovenia is a great place for pinot. This spot has more sandstone and marl than limestone but the result in the wine is savory. The... read more →
Istrian pet’nat for breakfast? Why not, that’s what the maker of this wine says he does. But after a taste, I get it. Strawberry aromatics dissolve into savory salty stony... read more →
The Indie Wineries Slo/Cro portfolio has so much to offer. With this bottle, it’s hard to understand why malvasia has such a crappy reputation. Grown on the south west of... read more →
Zorjan, a former policeman, found his true life’s work in wine 22 years ago. The resulting wines are authentic and from a time past. His vines are on the Slovenian... read more →
Rebula is the Slovenian way of saying Ribolla Gialla. This one gets two weeks on the skin, and it’s raised in acacia wood for eight months before bottling. When I... read more →
Jure Štekar, who took over the estate in 2012, is making beautiful wine and kudos to Jake Halper of Field Blend for picking him up. I was particularly taken with... read more →
The Carso region near Solvenia is filled with fossil limestone, sinkholes (honestly) and not much topsoil. This has created a fun-to-debate issue about terroir as the winemakers have had to... read more →
Aci is based in eastern Slovenia, near Croatia, about a half hour northwest of the drab city of Zagreb. Farming here is spiritual, philosophical, the land is a cell phone-free... read more →