The eighth annual Salon of Decanter Award Winners was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia final week – a Decanter World Wine Awards-focused occasion that includes some 40 award-winning producers who sampled their just lately awarded wines from the 2022 competitors.
Held within the coronary heart of Ljubljana, the occasion noticed round 250 attendees, each customers and commerce, come collectively to style greater than 120 medal profitable wines, primarily from Slovenia with a range from Croatia and North Macedonia.
Organised by Belvin Wine College and long-time DWWA decide Robert Gorjak, the occasion provides wine lovers the chance to find Decanter medal-winning wines in a single place, and is an opportunity for producers to showcase and have fun their newly awarded wines.
Caroline Gilby MW and Darrel Joseph, joint Regional Chairs for North, Central and Japanese Europe, judged the wines blind throughout DWWA judging week again in April, and had been in attendance to satisfy the producers, re-taste the wines and award certificates to all medal winners.
In complete, the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards noticed 196 medals awarded to wines from Slovenia, together with 118 Bronze, 70 Silver, seven Gold and one Platinum for Ščurek, Zero Brut, Goriška Brda, Primorska, Slovenia 2019.
On the Salon of Decanter Award Winners there have been two Platinum, 5 Gold, 48 Silver and 65 Bronze medal-winning wines open to style, providing attendees the unimaginable alternative to pattern a majority of awarded wines from Slovenia, whereas highlighting the standard of wines awarded on the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Award-winning producers in attendance included:
- Anima Wine
- Bjana
- Brič
- Deci
- Domačija Bizjak
- Erzetič
- Gašper Wines
- Hrvatin
- Istenič
- Klet Brda
- Koglot
- Kozlović
- Lavrenčič
- M – enostavno Dobra Vina
- Marko Sirk
- Matočec
- Medot
- Moro
- Nebó
- Penine Simonic
- Puklavec Household Wines
- Radgonske Gorice
- Ronk
- Statera
- Steras Wines
- Ščurek
- Vina Benčina
- Vina Čuk
- Vina Kotolenko
- Vina Mramor
- Vina Zaro
- Vinag 1847
- Vinska Klet Frelih
- Vinska Klet Metlika
- Vislander
- Vineyard Jaunik
- Žaren
Particular because of Robert Gorjak and Belvin Wine College. Go to Belvin for extra data. All photographs taken by Rok Dezelak RD2.si