The village wine room of Šmartno, 20 seats indoors and 30 out, with guided tastings of the Goriška Brda region and two apartments upstairs for anyone who overdoes it.
The list: A regional wine shop and tasting room inside the walls of Šmartno, pouring across a long list of Brda producers alongside Slovenian boutique cheese and cured meat.
Tip: It doubles as the place to buy the bottles you tasted at the cellars, so leave it until the end of a trip.
Address: Šmartno 26, 5211 Kojsko, Slovenia, Brda
A restored homestead in the centre of the walled village of Šmartno, with a street terrace, a weekly-changing menu and rooms on the floor above.
The list: Brda wines from the family's Belica cellar in Medana, poured with two daily menus built on local and home-grown ingredients.
Tip: In spring and summer there is a menu built on fresh fish from the Soča, which is unusual this far up the hills.
A wine room in Medana pouring the village and its neighbours by the glass, 45 seats inside and 20 out, with buzara-style mussels as the kitchen's signature.
The list: A wide by-the-glass selection from the Brda winemakers, with takeaway bottles, served alongside seasonal Mediterranean plates.
Tip: Medana is a five minute drive from Ceglo and Plešivo, which makes this the obvious evening stop after an afternoon of cellar visits.
A four-star boutique hotel inside 16th century castle walls at Ceglo, with a restaurant holding a Michelin Plate under chef Mitja Humar and a vinoteka drawing on producers from the whole region.
The list: A wine room inside the hotel that gathers bottles from across Brda rather than from one estate, with tastings and a full wine list alongside the restaurant.
Tip: It is the one place in Brda where you can taste across many estates after the cellars have shut for the day.
The one Brda address with a kitchen that runs to 22:00 five nights a week, serving the estate's amber wines with them. Rooms are on the same site.
The list: The estate's own skin-contact whites, from seven to sixty days on skins and then two to three years in 225 litre French oak, poured with the kitchen's tasting menu.
Tip: Booking is required for both the table and the tasting, and the estate keeps rooms so you do not have to drive the ridge roads afterwards.
A Medana homestead whose name dates to 1898, with a restaurant, its own cellar, a conference room and eight rustic rooms and two apartments on the property.
The list: Wines from the family's own Medana cellar poured with a menu that changes weekly, two set menus a day.
Tip: The prosciutto, salami and pancetta are cured under the same roof and are served at the family's other house inside the Šmartno walls.
A restored homestead in the centre of the walled village of Šmartno, with a street terrace, a weekly-changing menu and rooms on the floor above.
The list: Brda wines from the family's Belica cellar in Medana, poured with two daily menus built on local and home-grown ingredients.
Tip: In spring and summer there is a menu built on fresh fish from the Soča, which is unusual this far up the hills.
A Biljana house that makes nothing but traditional method sparkling. Guided visits with a tasting run Saturdays at 11:00 and 15:00 and take in two cellars.
The list: Traditional method sparkling wine only, from Cuvée Prestige and Brut Zero through Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noirs to the long-aged Status.
Tip: Weekday tastings have to be arranged in advance. The Saturday slots are the only fixed ones.