Pen Klub's front bar pours from the restaurant's curated Slovenian list, the lower-friction way into the Kaval Group's Tomsiceva room. A TableJourney pick.
Food program: Small plates from the kitchen
Address: Tomsiceva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana
Klub Druzba is a small Petkovskovo nabrezje pour room run by a wine-trade collective. Independent Slovenian growers carry the by-the-glass board.
Signature pour: Vipava zelen
Wine focus: Independent Slovenian winemakers
Food: Cheese and charcuterie
The Suklje wine family from Bela Krajina opened this riverside Breg bar in 2017, the young oenologists curating a 500-label Slovenian and natural list.
Signature pour: Suklje family Bela Krajina blends
Wine focus: 500-bottle list of Slovenian and natural growers
Food: Small plates and charcuterie
Tozd on Cankarjeva doubles its cafe with a working natural wine bar, pouring raw and unfiltered Slovenian growers alongside the city's most popular cold brew.
Signature pour: Karst teran on tap
Wine focus: Natural, raw, unfiltered Slovenian and Karst
Food: Small plates and toasts
Klub Druzba is a small Petkovskovo nabrezje pour room run by a wine-trade collective. Independent Slovenian growers carry the by-the-glass board.
Signature pour: Vipava zelen
Wine focus: Independent Slovenian winemakers
Food: Cheese and charcuterie
The Suklje wine family from Bela Krajina opened this riverside Breg bar in 2017, the young oenologists curating a 500-label Slovenian and natural list.
Signature pour: Suklje family Bela Krajina blends
Wine focus: 500-bottle list of Slovenian and natural growers
Food: Small plates and charcuterie
Tucked next to the Town Hall on Mestni trg, Vinoteka Movia is the city's tiny dimly lit bar from one of Slovenia's most respected wine families.
Signature pour: Movia Lunar orange wine
Wine focus: Movia winery natural wines and Slovenian Brda
Food: Charcuterie and cheese
Dvorni Bar opened in 2005 and has been the canonical Slovenian wine education room since, with more than 80 wines by the glass covering all three Slovenian.
Signature pour: Vipava Valley malvasia
Wine focus: 80+ Slovenian wines by the glass across all three regions
Food: Charcuterie and cheese
TaBar's Rog complex room runs Slovenia's tightest 150-kilometre-radius natural wine list, all organic and biodynamic, against chef Jakob Pintar's tapas.
Signature pour: Vipava ribolla gialla
Wine focus: Organic and biodynamic, 150-kilometre radius
Food: Slovenian tapas, foraged plates
Tozd on Cankarjeva doubles its cafe with a working natural wine bar, pouring raw and unfiltered Slovenian growers alongside the city's most popular cold brew.
Signature pour: Karst teran on tap
Wine focus: Natural, raw, unfiltered Slovenian and Karst
Food: Small plates and toasts
