{"id":7294,"date":"2019-06-12T06:27:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T04:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-slovenia.com\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:19:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T12:19:01","slug":"rebula-wine-cross-border-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-slovenia.com\/en\/gastronomy\/rebula-wine-cross-border-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebula wine cross-border protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

SLO-IT cooperation in efforts to jointly protect the Rebula wine from the cross-border area<\/h2>\n

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Gori\u0161ka Brda, 6 May – Slovenian Agriculture Minister Aleksandra Pivec and Massimiliano Fedriga, president of the Italian region Friuli Venezia-Giulia, urged cooperation in efforts to jointly protect the Rebula wine from the cross-border area, as they met in Slovenia’s Brda on Monday. The proposal for the protected designation of origin under the name Rebula Brda – Collio<\/a> implies establishing an 800-hectare wine-growing area covering Slovenia’s Brda as well as Italy’s areas of Collio and Colli Orientali, according to the minister.<\/p>\n

“Our proposal, which is based on the meetings with Rebula growers, envisages two possible scenarios,” Pivec told the press after meeting Fedriga. The first one is a cross-border designation “Rebula-Ribolla Gialla Brda – Collio”, which implies a procedure in line with EU market rules and which would result in a uniform area of Rebula wine and vine production. The other scenario is registering a collective trademark, which implies registration with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, said Pivec. She stressed it was possible to pursue one of the two options or both at the same time.<\/p>\n