The Old Vine Festival is a top tourist culinary-wine-cultural festival in Maribor, the biggest tourist event in autumn.
Over 500 participants.
An opportunity for meeting experts and amateurs, for entertainment and learning, and for the body and soul.
The Old Vine Festival is the main happening in the cycle of events From Vine to Wine, from pruning to St Martin’s Day celebrations, which in Maribor we prepare in the honour of the Old Vine, the oldest vine in the world. The Old Vine is Maribor’s greatest ethnographic sight, which symbolises the rich wine culture of Maribor and Štajerska and is at the same time a starting point and finishing point wine roads, which intertwine the hilly town wine growing district.
Friday 17. 9.
26th Rafter's Christening, river Drava embankment
International ecological farm day, Glavni trg
Saturday 18.9.
1st Eco-marathon Maribor – cycling day, Trg svobode
Koraki za Korakce Charity Walk, Trg svobode
Sunday 19.9.
1st Eco-marathon Maribor – running day, Trg svobode
Holiday on the river Drava, river Drava embankment
Monday 20.9.
Evening of high quality wines, Old Vine House
Tuesday 21.9.
Sales exhibition of fruit and pumpkin oil, Glavni trg
Wine and chocolate, Old Vine House
Wednesday 22.9.
Evening of high quality wines, Old Vine House
Urban's evening, Maribor castle
Sales exhibition of fruit and pumpkin oil, Glavni trg
Thursday 23.9.
Evening of high quality wines, Old Vine House
Sales exhibition of fruit and pumpkin oil, Glavni trg
Friday 24.9.
Presentation of the European Capital of Culture 2012 towns, Glavni trg
Tastes of Europe, Glavni trg
Ecological market, Glavni trg
Evening of high quality wines, Old Vine House
Saturday 25.9.
Countryside in the city – the best producers of delicacy products, Glavni trg
Wines of the viniferous country of Podravje, Glavni trg
Masters of cooking in cauldrons, Glavni trg
Musical program by well-known orchestras and ensembles, Glavni trg
Rural holiday in Svečina, Svečina
Sunday 26.9.
24th Festive grape harvest of the Old Vine, Lent, in front of the Old Vine House
29th Rural holiday in Svečina, Svečina
Post-festival events
Wednesday 29.9 and Saturday 2.10: Ambassador of hospitality – stories of Maribor from the 15th to 18th century
Thursday 30.9 to Saturday 2.10: Festival of Apiculture and Honey Days in Maribor, Snow stadium (Arena) on the foothills of Pohorje
Wednesday 20.10: VinDel – international salon of wine and delicacy products, Hotel Habakuk.
The events are held in the town squares Glavni trg, Trg svobode, on Lent, at the Old Vine House and on the surrounding wine roads.
Contact:
Tourist Information Centre Maribor
Address:
Partizanska 6a, 2000 Maribor
Phone: +386 2 23 46 611
Fax: +386 2 23 46 613
Email: tic@maribor.si
www: http://www.maribor-pohorje.si