The international wine competition is considered as one of the top 10 festivals of its kind in the world.

The festival saw more than 300 types of wine from all around the world – from Japan to Uruguay; among them also wine from all of Slovenia's wine regions.

The winners were:
WORLD CHAMPION WINES

Dry white wine:
BERRIQUE, Republic of Macedonia, 2013
VINARIJA STOBI DOOL UVOZ-IZVOZ GRADSKO CHARDONNAY
TRIJUMF GOLD, Serbia, 2012
PODRUM ALEKSANDROVIĆ, d. o. o.

White still wines with remnants of sugar:
RUMENI MUŠKAT SUHI JAGODNI IZBOR, Slovenia 2006
VINSKA KLET PRUS – JOŽEF PRUS
SAUVIGNON SUHI JAGODNI IZBOR, Slovenia, 2001
VINSKA KLET PRUS – JOŽEF PRUS

Red dry wines:
SHIRAZ, Austria, 2012
ERICH SCHEIBLHOFER GmbH

Sparkling wines:
SILVERI BLANC DE BLANCS VINTAGE, Slovenia, 2008
POSESTVO SILVERI, BORIS GAŠPARIN

SLOVENIAN CHAMPION WINES:
KOLEDNIK SAUVIGNON SUHI JAGODNI IZBOR, Slovenia, 2011
KMETIJSKA ZADRUGA METLIKA, z. o. o.

TSUKAMOTO TROPHY:
ZVRST SARA, Slovenia, 2005
BORISLAV LISJAK

SLOVENE SORT CHAMPIONS:
TERAN PTP
IZBRANI TERAN, Slovenia, 2012, BORISLAV LISJAK
SAUVIGNON
KOLEDNIK SAUVIGNON SUHI JAGODNI IZBOR, Slovenia, 2011 KMETIJSKA ZADRUGA METLIKA, z. o. o.

CHAMPIONS OF SLOVENE WINE REGIONS:
THE KARST: ZVRST SARA, Slovenia, 2005, BORISLAV LISJAK
ŠTAJERSKA REGION: PULLUS RUMENI MUŠKAT SUŠENI, Slovenia, 2011, PTUJSKA KLET, d. o. o.
GORIŠKA BRDA: VIRUS3, Slovenia, 2009, VINA SOSOLIČ

WINNER OF SLOVENE WINE SPECIALTIES:
IZBRANI TERAN, Slovenia, 2012, BORISLAV LISJAK

The festival will be followed by a complementary wine fair in Ljubljana In September. All winners will receive their certificates and prizes at the wine fair on September 3rd.

Around 90 percent of Slovenia's vineyards are smaller than a hectare of land. There are twenty-nine thousand registered winegrowers in the country.

K. J., Radio Si