Greetings!  

Almost rarely am I reluctant about drinking wine from unknown regions. After all that is what we encourage you to do - try new wines. However last evening I surprisingly had a moment of apprehension about sharing a bottle of red wine from Slovenia with a friend who was visiting us. The wine was given to us from one of my husband's colleagues who he visits in Slovenia.

 

Unable to speak Slovene or understand the label, I had no idea what we were in for with this bottle. I knew with only 11.5% alcohol, which I could understand, the wine had to be relatively light. The label also donned the words "Redci Cuvee" which I deduced to mean Red Blend. (After searching the Internet, I was indeed right about that.) The wine tasted maybe like Pinot Noir or even an Italian Dolchetto, a possibility since Italy isn't that far away. After using Google to search for every bit of information that was on the label, I still have no idea what we drank, except that is was dry (Suho). However, the three of us, even our friend who is a full bodied wine drinker, enjoyed it. So my quest to determine and share with you what we had continues. Until then, enjoy the new and different.