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.
Food program: Small plates and charcuterie
Address: Breg 10, 1000 Ljubljana
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
Gostilna As keeps Ljubljana's deepest Slovenian wine cellar with 300 bottles by the glass available across the meal, paired with handmade Karst-style pasta.
Signature pour: Movia rebula
Wine focus: 300 Slovenian bottles, focus on Karst and Brda
Food: Handmade pasta and seafood
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
Gostilna As keeps Ljubljana's deepest Slovenian wine cellar with 300 bottles by the glass available across the meal, paired with handmade Karst-style pasta.
Signature pour: Movia rebula
Wine focus: 300 Slovenian bottles, focus on Karst and Brda
Food: Handmade pasta and seafood
Vinoteka Dvor leans hard on Slovenian Brda whites and orange wines, a retail-oriented room next to Dvorni Bar with a small standing pour bar in front.
Signature pour: Edi Simcic rebula
Wine focus: Slovenian Brda whites and orange wines
Food: Cheese and Karst pršut platters
