Simona & Borut Blažič
The history of Blažič vinery was conditioned by the geopolitical situation after World War II. In 1948, Borut Blažič’s father ended up having the house in Yugoslavia and the vineyard in Italy, causing serious difficulty to work the land. Life was therefore tough back then. Nowadays, Borut Blažič runs his winery along with his wife Simona.
He started macerating wines in 2000, inspired by Josko Gravner and Stanko Radikon and from 2000 to 2004 he produced only skin-contact wines but selling them in the Slovenian market was not easy. Since 2004, he has been producing orange wines with long maceration along with more conventional white wines with just 2 days of maceration, and a few reds. He works organically, the only addictive that is used is a small amount of sulphur.
The three orange wines produced by Blažič are Rebula, Jakot and a blend called Blaž. The production is about 30000 bottles a year.