Martinovo v Šmartnem
The medieval walled wine village of Šmartno in the Brda hills marks St Martin's Day with a festive blessing of the new vintage, local food stalls lining the cobbled lanes, and a programme rooted in the Goriška Brda winemaking tradition.
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"All summer long, the medieval hilltop walled village of Vipavski Križ opens its ancient piazza for concerts, theatre performances and documentary screenings, animating one of the Vipava Valley's most atmospheric small settlements."
Poletje v Vipavskem Križu
"Each August, the old mercury-mining town of Idrija celebrates its UNESCO-recognised pasta speciality, žlikrofi, with certified producers competing in dumpling preparation, chefs presenting inventive sauces, and hunting clubs slow-cooking game-based bakalca alongside local wineries."
Festival žlikrofov
"On the oldest continuously operating stud farm in Europe, this open day on the Karst plateau combines a Lipica market, children's workshops and a riding school performance by the Lipizzaner horses, with international guests from the Marbach stud farm joining for the occasion."
Lipica Stud Farm Day
"Vipava's grape harvest festival, running for over half a century, fills the main square each second September weekend with a wine queen pageant, farmers market, wine competition, and the living b'ndima harvest custom of the Vipava Valley."
Vipavska trgatev
"On St Martin's Day the walled medieval village of Šmartno in the Brda wine hills hosts the traditional blessing that turns grape must into young wine, with open cellars, folk customs, roasted chestnuts and the first pour of the new vintage."
Martinovanje v Brdih
"For over half a century this ten-day Karst village festival has celebrated two iconic local products together: the deep-red iron-rich Teran wine and the slow-cured Karst prosciutto."
Praznik terana in pršuta
"Ptuj's medieval old town becomes an open-air stage every August where international poets perform alongside pours of the finest Slovenian wines in a uniquely literary-vinous festival."
Dnevi poezije in vina
"Slovenia's largest bograč cooking competition fills Lendava's medieval old-town street with rival teams stirring the iconic Pannonian stew in kettles, surrounded by local wine, folk music and children's entertainment."
Bogračfest 2026
"A traditional ethnological and culinary harvest celebration in the small wine town of Lendava, featuring a costumed parade through the old town, folk song and dance, and a full day of Lendava wines and regional food."
Festival Vinarium: Lendavska trgatev
"Lendava's 47th grape-harvest festival brings a traditional ethnological parade through the old town, folk dance and song, a farmers' market and all-day culinary programme under the shadow of the Vinarium tower."
47. Lendavska trgatev
"Held on the eve of the Kravji bal, this lakeside autumn festival in Ribčev Laz showcases award-winning Bohinj mohant cheese alongside a curated selection of Slovenian wines, making the most of the descent-season's freshest alpine dairy produce."
Bohinjski sir in vino (Cheese and Wine Festival Bohinj)
"In the medieval walled village of Štanjel, the St Martin's Day wine festival transforms narrow Karst stone streets into an open-air tasting trail for autochthonous Karst wine varieties, with guided walks, a hop-on-hop-off bus and a village marketplace."
Vinska Fontana v Štanjelu