The international wine event with a top music band - Wine Jam took place in Ljubljana for the first time yesterday. From the afternoon hours, Križanke became the home of top winemakers and wine enthusiasts. More than 1,000 people welcomed the unique event and emptied around 8,500 bottles of wine and enjoyed the culinary grill offering of renowned Slovenian kitchens.
In addition to wine tasting, the event was enhanced by prominent musicians of the jazz-funk genre, the lively day ended after a more than 2-hour concert by Janez Bončina Bench, Mika Sponza, Uroš Perić, Nina Strnad, the Primož Grašič Quartet and others.
After Belgrade, Zagreb and other cities, the Wine Jam festival will come to life in Ljubljana for the first time and on the largest scale so far. Over 1,000 visitors, 8,500 bottles of wine, 3,000 cases and 3 tons of ice are the numbers that marked it. Thus, the event with a different approach, which combined wine and music, proved that Slovenians want such events.
In addition to top winemakers, the festival was attended by prominent oenologists from Slovenia and abroad, and there were also quite a few foreign visitors from the countries of the former Yugoslavia and tourists who welcomed the festival. Wine Jam from Ljubljana is leaving for a summer event on Hvar, and this year it will also be visiting New York and Berlin.
Take a look at the highlights from the international event in the gallery
