Sips & Scenery: Wine Tour from Ljubljana or Bled.

The Vipava Valley tends carefully to its uniquely different appeal. What's perhaps most charming, its experiences of pristine nature, excellent wine, wholesome delicacies and variety of ways to spend active time outdoors are available all year round. Viticulture and winemaking have a long tradition in the Vipava Valley. No one knows exactly when it all began, but it is said that the Romans brought the vine to these parts.

Wine tasting at a small family winery. The Vipava Valley tends carefully to its uniquely different appeal. What's perhaps most charming, its experiences of pristine nature, excellent wine, wholesome delicacies and variety of ways to spend active time outdoors are available all year round.

When the sky is clear, you can enjoy the breathtaking view of all four points of the compass: the Julian and Carnian Alps, as well as the Dolomites to the North, the Friulian plain to the West, the Trieste Gulf and the Karst to the South, and the Trnovo forest and the Vipava Valley to the east.

Dobrovo in Smartno are situated in the geographical centre of Brda. Gradnik, the local poet, compares the village with the eagle´s nest resting on a place, where the view stretches from the Nanos hill in the east to the Carnija Alps in the northwest, and from the Furlanija to the Adriatic Sea. The village on the top of the hill, surrounded by defence walls with watchtowers is first mentioned in 1317. There are no special historical records of the origin of the defence walls, but it is believed that the walls were most probably erected on the remains of a Roman bastion in the period of the wars between the Habsburgs and the Venetians during 1507-1519. The Counts of Gorica used to own the land here. After the death of the last Count of Gorica, the Gorica region was inherited by the Hapsburg Emperor Maximilian who fought for the right to own the land in the long-lasting battles with the Venetians.

Wine tastings in our wine cellar in Dobrovo (Goriška brda) will allow you to feel the pulse of this place and broaden your wine horizons. You can try our wines individually or enjoy in one of our tasting packages with a guided winery tour.