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19. April 2023
87th Huda pokušnja! with Nina Petek and Petra Rutar
We warmly invite you to the 87th Huda pokušnja! in Ptuj, happening just before the holidays. The literary and wine evening will be held on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 7 p.m. in Dom KULTure muziKafe in Ptuj. It will be dedicated to our guest Nina Petek and her study On the Threshold of Awakening: Dream Worlds in Buddhism. The hosts of the evening will be poet Kristina Kočan and wine publicist Jože Rozman.
9. March 2023
86. Wicked Tasting!: Katarina Marinčič and Mateja Golc
We invite you to a literary and wine evening of the 86th Wikend Wine Tasting! on Wednesday, 29th of March at 7 pm at Dom KULTure muziKafe Ptuj. Together with an established writer Katarina Marinčič we will talk about her short novel titled The Woman with the Silver Eye while drinking the extraordinary wine of Kmetija Pintarjevi with the versatile young woman from Haloze, Mateja Golc. Poet Kristina Kočan and wine writer Jože Rozman will host the 85th Wicked Tasting.
12. January 2023
85. Wicked Tasting!: Cvetka Lipuš and Maksimiljan Kadivec
We invite you to a literary and wine evening on Wednesday, 25th of January at 7 pm at Dom KULTure muziKafe Ptuj. Together with poet Cvetka Lipuš and winemaker Maksimiljan Kadivec we will say farewell to last year's Wicked Tastings and start the new season off with a bang! Poet Kristina Kočan and wine writer Jože Rozman will host the 85th Wicked Tasting.
14. November 2022
84. Wicked Tasting!: Tomaž Kosmač and Urban Hlade
We invite you to a literary and wine evening on Wednesday, 30 November, at 7 pm, at Dom KULTure muziKafe in Ptuj. On the 84th Wicked tasting! writer Tomaž Kosmač and winemaker Urban Hlade (Vino Hlade) will be with us. The evening will be hosted by poet Kristina Kočan and wine writer Jože Rozman.
19. October 2022
83. Wicked Tasting!: Ana Svetel and Janko Vrecl
We invite you to a literary and wine evening on Wednesday, 19 October, at 7 pm, at the MuziKafe - Home of Culture in Ptuj. The poet, short story writer, columnist and anthropologist Ana Svetel, and the winemaker Janko Vrecl (Vino Vrecl) will be with us. The evening will be moderated by the poet Kristina Kočan and the wine publicist Jože Rozman.
29. August 2022
Poetry and Wine Days prove once again that poetry is not just the domain of a few poetry lovers
On Saturday, 27 August, the 26th Days of Poetry and Wine festival, which hosted renowned Slovene and international poets in Ptuj and many other locations around Slovenia and Austria, ended with a Grand poetry reading and a concert by music group Moveknowledgement.
27. August 2022
Change of the programme of the POETRY OF WINE event
Please be informed that the programme of the Poetry of Wine wine-culinary event has been changed due to the bad weather forecast.
1. July 2022
26th Days of Poetry and Wine Festival
This year's twenty-sixth festival will feature 20 poets from 10 countries between 22 and 27 August. The main festival programme will take place in Ptuj, which turns into the capital of poetry during the festival. Festival events will also take place in Ljubljana, Maribor, Murska Sobota, Krško, Vitomarci, Juršinci, Ljutomer, Križevci pri Ljutomeru, Ormož, Ivanjkovci, Belo, Selce, Petanjci, Janški vrh and Laafeld in Austria.
10. May 2022
79. Wicked Tasting!: Tone Vogrinec and Janez Valdhuber
We invite you to a literary and wine evening on Wednesday, 18 May 2022, at 7 pm, at the MuziKafe - Home of Culture in Ptuj. The legend of Slovenian skiing, Tone Vogrinec, who recently got his a biography Everybody calls me Tona on the occasion of his 80th birthday, and the winemaker Janez Valdhuber from Valdhuber's estate in Svečina (Vina Falot) will be with us. The evening will be moderated by the poet David Bedrač and the wine writer Jože Rozman.
4. April 2022
78. Wicked Tasting!: Milan Jesih and Sebastjan Božič
We invite you to a literary and wine evening on Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 7 pm in the Osterberger Wine Cellar of Hotel Mitra. The 78. Wicked Tasting! will present the legendary poet Milan Jesih and the winemaker Sebastjan Božič from the Herberstein winery in Juršinci. The evening will be hosted by poet Kristina Kočan and wine writer Jože Rozman.