Slovene Rhapsody: The Wine Cellars from Maribor

Maribor: The Vinag wine cellars are located underneath the city
(Credit: Andrew Testa for The New York Times)

In the centre of Maribor lies one of the biggest classical wine cellars in Middle Europe. In the stillness of the dark arches Vinag´s high quality wines mature. In those tunnels, which are up to of two kilometers long and cover an area of 20.000 square meters, 5.5 million liters wine are stored.

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Beth Sherwood from NY Times journeyed accros Slovenia. Here is her travelogue:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/travel/in-slovenia-visiting-ljubjana-piran-and-maribor.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210

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