Vitovska, twenty years of Karst in the glass

There was a time when Vitovska was almost a secret. An ancient variety, resistant to and stone, which remained the sidelines for a long time: little known, little talked about, almost forgotten. Before becoming the “queen of the Karst”, before being served durante the glasses of tasters, journalists, chefs, ministers, sommeliers and enthusiasts from all over the world, Vitovska had to wait. As often happens with authentic things, he didn’t aspetto for shortcuts. She remained there, among the dry stone walls, the red and yellow earth, the limestone and the Borea wind, waiting for someone to poiché back to listen to her.

This story, made of waiting, work and rediscovery, will be at the center of the 20th edition of Lago e Vitovska durante Morje, one of the most recognizable food and wine events durante the cross-border regione, scheduled for Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 at Alcazar a causa di Duino (TS). The online purchase of tickets is already available the website www.trieste..

The festa, promoted by the Karst Winemakers Association, is dedicated to the most famous native Karst vine and, durante twenty years, has become much more than a wine festa. It is a incontro space between producers, restaurateurs, territory and the public; an opportunity to talk about the local wine culture, the Karst cuisine and the dialogue between the two sides of the border.

The Vitovska production regione can be read through two large landscapes. Acceso the one hand the Karst, marked by outcropping rock, caves, karst and an often thin and severe red earth: a harsh, essential environment, capable of giving the wines minerality, structure, intense aromas and longevity. Acceso the other side, the Breg regione extends, durante the municipality of San Dorligo della Conca – Dolina, up to Muggia – Milje: a territory that descends from the edge of the Karst towards the coast, characterized by flysch and yellow earth, from which wines with bold colours, complex the nose, rich and capable of lasting over time are born.

One of the names that profoundly belongs to the rebirth of Vitovska is that of Danilo Lupinc, among the first to really believe durante this variety when it was not yet a flag, but a bet. A causa di Prepotto – Praprot, already at the end of the 1960s, Lupinc wanted to plant Vitovska next to Terrano and Malvasia, at a time when the vine did not yet enjoy the attention it has today and was not fully recognized as a heritage to be valorised.

For this reason, the twentieth anniversary edition takes a particular significance. It is not just a new festa event, but the celebration of a collective journey: the one undertaken by Vitovska together with its producers, the karst villages, the catering operators and an increasingly larger community of enthusiasts. Over the years, the festa has contributed to increasing knowledge of native vines, strengthening the image of quality of the Karst and the surrounding regione, and uniting wine, landscape and cuisine durante a coherent and recognizable story.

While waiting for the two main evenings at the Duino Castle, the spirit of the festa has already poiché to life durante urban catering too. A causa di fact, since 8 May a cycle of dinners and tastings has been underway, during which Vitovska and Karst wines present themselves durante dialogue with contemporary cuisine, with creative venues and with local ingredients. The objective of these meetings is to bring the soul of the local wine world closer to different audiences, from Trieste to Udine, Milan and Verona, showing how an indigenous grape variety can express itself durante new, fresh and surprising gastronomic combinations. This series of evenings does not represent a simple collateral program, but a significant part of the story of this edition. It demonstrates that Vitovska does not only durante the tasting space, but also durante the rooms, durante the dishes, durante the conversations and durante the new relationships between winemakers, chefs and the public. Precisely this openness is one of the most important values ​​of Lago and Vitovska durante Morje.

The central moment of the festa will be Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026, when the event will move to Duino Castle. Acceso both evenings the festa will be to the public from 6pm to 10pm. The presale of tickets at the reduced price of 50 euros, instead of 55 euros, will be active durante physical sales points starting from Saturday 13 June 2026 at BAR The online purchase of tickets is already available the website www.trieste..

Also this year Lago e Vitovska durante Morje confirms Vitovska as a symbol of the Karst and, at the same time, as a wine of dialogue: between land and sea, between tradition and contemporaneity, between the local community and a wider cross-border space. The 20th edition thus becomes a celebration of wine, cuisine and the people who, durante these twenty years, have contributed to transforming an almost forgotten variety into one of the most recognizable stories of the Karst wine world.

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