Vineyards in Kozana

Damjan Prinčič ★ 4.0

Rebula, Merlot, Sivi PinotDamjan PrinčičKozana

Small Kozana holding that bottles wine alongside freeze-dried fruit and preserves under the Skrje and Liopicon names, and takes visitors for tastings by arrangement.

Tip: The farm sells fruit and jam as well as wine, so a tasting here usually comes with something from the orchard.

Emeran Reya ★ 4.3

Rebula, Malvazija, Sauvignonasse, Sivi Pinot, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet FrancReya familyKozana

Kozana cellar with organic growing and two guest rooms, looking north across the hills from Gredič to Šmartno. Tastings run at five or ten wines with local snacks.

Tip: Only two double rooms, with a two-night minimum from May to September, so book well before harvest season.

Reja Vino ★ 4.2

Rebula, Malvazija, MerlotReja familyNaturalKozana

Kozana family cellar working with minimal intervention and no additions beyond a small sulphite dose, in two ranges called Classic and Gmajna.

Tip: Vines are cropped to around a kilogram of fruit per plant, and three tasting formats run from Classic up to Superior.

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Reja Vino ★ 4.2

Rebula, Malvazija, MerlotNaturalKozana

The Reja family work marl hills just outside Kozana with minimal intervention, adding nothing to the wine beyond a small sulphite dose, and crop the vines to around a kilogram of fruit each.

Why locals love it: A Kozana family cellar with two short ranges, Classic and Gmajna, that sells largely at the door and through the June open-cellar weekend rather than through an importer.

Tip: Three tasting formats run from Classic up to Superior. Kontrabánt lists the cellar among the DOK Brda houses, which is the simplest weekend to catch it open.

Emeran Reya ★ 4.3

Rebula, Malvazija, Sauvignonasse, Sivi Pinot, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet FrancORGANIC CERTIFIEDKozana

Kontrabánt records the farm as certified organic since 2019, run for the last twenty-two years by Emeran, the son of Edvard de Reya. Tastings are five or ten wines with local snacks.

Why locals love it: Two guest rooms and a small cellar at Kozana, three generations and more than a hundred years of family growing, with almost no presence outside Slovenia.

Tip: The view runs north from Gredič across to Šmartno. There is a two-night minimum from May to September, so book long before harvest.

Damjan Prinčič ★ 4.0

Rebula, Merlot, Sivi PinotKozana

Damjan Prinčič farms a small Kozana holding where the orchard matters as much as the vineyard, bottling Rebula, Merlot and Sivi Pinot and pressing olive oil on the same farm.

Why locals love it: A smallholding that sells freeze-dried fruit and preserves under the Skrje and Liopicon names alongside the wine, and takes visitors only by arrangement.

Tip: A tasting here usually comes with something from the orchard. Turizem Brda also lists the farm among its olive oil producers.

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Emeran Reya ★ 4.3

ORGANIC CERTIFIEDKozana

A Kozana family cellar of three generations and more than a hundred years, certified as an organic farm since 2019 and running two guest rooms alongside the tastings.

Tip: Tastings are five or ten wines with local snacks. Two rooms only, with a two-night minimum from May to September.

Reja Vino ★ 4.2

NaturalKozana

A Kozana family cellar working with minimal intervention and no additions beyond a small sulphite dose, in two ranges called Classic and Gmajna.

Tip: The vines are cropped to around a kilogram of fruit each, and three tasting formats run from Classic up to Superior.

Reja Vino ★ 4.2

NaturalKozana

Nothing is added to the Reja wines except a small dose of sulphite, which puts the Kozana cellar at the low-intervention end of the Brda spectrum.

Tip: Kontrabant lists the cellar among the DOK Brda houses, which is the easiest weekend to taste the Classic and Gmajna ranges side by side.

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