Slovenia 3D Wine Map

All nine of Slovenia’s wine districts in full 3D terrain, from Goriška Brda to Štajerska Slovenija to Bela krajina.

Slovenia is a small country that packs a surprising amount of viticultural diversity into roughly 15,000 hectares (37,065 acres) of vineyard. The country’s nine wine districts are organized under three parent regions: Primorska in the west, where Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean climates produce the wines most familiar to international audiences; Podravje in the northeast, where continental conditions favor aromatic whites; and Posavje in the southeast along the Sava River. The terrain ranges from Alpine foothills to Adriatic-influenced hillsides to flat Pannonian-style lowlands, and the 3D map makes those transitions visible in a way that flat maps cannot. Slovenia has also become closely associated with extended skin-contact (orange) winemaking, particularly in the Primorska districts. This 3D Fast Map covers all nine districts, each with popup data on grape varieties, classification details, and geographic specifics.

What You’ll Explore

This 3D Fast Map covers all nine of Slovenia’s wine districts across three parent regions. Click any mapped district for detailed popup content covering grape varieties, classification details, and geographic specifics. Use the layer controls to toggle different region groupings on and off.

• Full 3D terrain of Slovenia’s nine wine districts across three parent regions
• Elevation profile tool for measuring vineyard altitude and slope gradients
• Daylight and shadow animation to visualize aspect and sun exposure
• Detailed popup data for every mapped district: varieties, classifications, geography

Key Regions in Focus

Primorska Districts

Goriška Brda. Goriška Brda is a series of steep, flysch (marl and sandstone) hills that form the Slovenian side of the same ridge system as Italy’s Collio in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Rebula (Ribolla Gialla) is the signature grape, increasingly made with extended skin contact in the orange wine tradition that Slovenian and Friulian producers have championed. Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignonasse (Sauvignon Vert), and Sivi Pinot (Pinot Grigio) are also widely planted. The terraced hillsides and their Italian-border position are clearly visible in the 3D terrain.

Vipavska dolina (Vipava Valley). The Vipava Valley sits just south of Brda, a wider and warmer valley oriented roughly east to west between the Trnovo Forest Plateau to the north and the Karst Plateau to the south. The indigenous white varieties Zelen and Pinela are the district’s calling cards, alongside Malvazija and an increasing presence of Merlot and Barbera on the red side. The valley functions as a natural corridor between the Friulian lowlands and central Slovenia, and the Burja (Bora) wind that funnels through the valley plays a significant role in vineyard conditions.

Kras. Kras is the Slovenian portion of the Carso, a limestone plateau with thin terra rossa (red clay) soils. Teran, made from the Refošk grape, is the defining wine: tannic, high in acid, deeply colored, and tied to the iron-rich soils of this specific plateau. The Bora wind and dry conditions make this a harsh environment for viticulture, and the resulting wines reflect that intensity. The flat plateau contrasts sharply with the hilly terrain of neighboring Brda and Vipava in the 3D view.

Slovenska Istra (Slovenian Istria). Slovenia’s coastal district shares the Mediterranean climate, Malvazija-dominant white profile, and Refošk-based red tradition of Croatian Istria across the border. The vineyards sit on flysch soils in the hills behind the narrow Adriatic coastline, and the warm, maritime-influenced climate produces the ripest fruit in the country.

Podravje: Štajerska Slovenija and Prekmurje

Štajerska Slovenija (Slovenian Styria) is Slovenia’s largest wine district by area, stretching from the Haloze hills in the south to the Radgona-Kapela hills in the north along the Drava River system. The climate is continental, with cold winters and warm summers, and the terrain is rolling hills with south-facing vineyard slopes at moderate elevations. This is overwhelmingly white wine country: Sauvignon Blanc, Renski Rizling (Rhine Riesling), Šipon (Furmint), Sivi Pinot (Pinot Grigio), Chardonnay, and Traminec (Gewürztraminer) dominate. The district is also known for predicate-level dessert wines, sparkling wines (penina), and the world’s oldest living vine in Maribor. The smaller Prekmurje district in the far northeast is already part of the Pannonian Basin, flat and low, bordering Hungary. Laški Rizling (Welschriesling), Chardonnay, and Šipon lead the plantings there, with some of Slovenia’s best Modra Frankinja (Blaufränkisch) also produced. The contrast between the rolling Štajerska hills and the flat Prekmurje lowlands is clearly visible in the 3D terrain.

Posavje: Dolenjska, Bizeljsko Sremič, and Bela krajina

The three Posavje districts run along the Sava River in the southeast and are the least internationally known part of Slovenia’s wine map. Dolenjska, the largest of the three, is home to Cviček, a light, low-alcohol blend (typically 8.5 to 10% ABV) of red and white grapes with recognized traditional denomination (PTP) status. Žametovka, Modra Frankinja (Blaufränkisch), Kraljevina, and Laški Rizling are the key varieties. Bizeljsko Sremič, further east along the Croatian border, has its own PTP blend (Bizeljčan) and distinctive repnice (underground turnip-storage caves) that double as wine cellars. Bela krajina (White Carniola), the southernmost and smallest district, is known for the Metliška Črnina PTP blend, a light red built on Modra Frankinja and Žametna Črnina. The terrain across all three districts is gentler and lower than Primorska or the Štajerska hills.

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