Public wine tasting of all the samples in competition. Robert Gorjak, special guest of the Wine Program, will give his expert opinion on each of the competing wines.
There will also be a live performance by Beročka.
Robert Gorjak is an internationally renowned wine critic and one of leading Slovenian wine professionals. He has written about wine since 1994. He is a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Wine (Jancis Robinson) and The World Atlas of Wine (Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson). In 2001, he founded Slovenia’s first wine school, Belvin, together with his wife Sandra. He is the first Slovenian with the WSET Diploma in Wines and Spirits. He is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards, for some years he was also regional chair for the DWWA. He is author of the book Slovenia – The Winemaking Country (2017) and guides Wine Guide 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Beročka ( Berochka) is a female vocal duo from Ljutomer, resurrecting to life long forgotten melodies and songs from the region of Eastern Slovenia and Northern Croatia. In Beročka's first album Ljubav se ne trži ( Love is not for sale) three neighboring regions are connected through song: Prlekija, Prekmurje and Medžimurje. With their performances Marinka Prelog and Selma franov have won the hearts of audiences on numerous stages, while the professional jury was convincingly impressed at the last year's national finale of folklore performers and awarded Beročka the first place. Recently Selma and Marinka successfully performed at the finale of the Medžimurje popular song contest the "Medžimurska popevka" in Croatia. Beročka's activities, under the auspices of the Herbija Prlekija Institute, are currently focused on recording and publishing of the second album of folk songs.
