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Visit of our sparkling partner : Semiška Penina

This Wednesday we had the chance to visit our Partner who produces sparkling wine. We didn’t expect to have a warm welcome like this from the owner Gregor Simonič. He is the one who created this place alongside his father.

We entered on his wine cellar and his impressive bottles of wine awakened our curiosity.

He prepared a nice table for us to taste his famous bottles, it was a moment of discovery. The show began with the berry Augustin who opened a bottle with a saber. Then, each glass sparkled on our palates and gave us an enjoyable feeling. We can say that it’s one of the best producers of the region, he is really smart and creates amazing sparkling wines. There is particularly one of them that is really spectacular because it has been buried in the sea. Burying bottles in the sea allows the wine to better age because the temperature stays at 14 degrees all the year. This process was part of the “Poseidon” project, so, now, why not putting some bottles in Kolpa river one day near the BIG BERRY houses!

During the tasting Gregor and his friend Klemen explained the complex process of the production of these different types of wine to us. We have to wait 3 years to drink each bottles. So, we were lucky to taste 5 bottles of his wine cellar.

At the end he made us the pleasure and the surprise to open his special bottle with gold leaves inside. We savored each glass and spent a really good night on this mysterious place, where only owners have got the secret of these excellent sparkling wines.