Sea and Vitovska in Morje 2026

Sea and Vitovska in Morje 2026: June 26 and 27 at Duino Castle, Karst celebrates the area’s iconic wine

Mare e Vitovska is the annual rendezvous with the most famous indigenous grape variety of the Trieste, Gorizia and Slovenian Karst, organized by the Association of Karst-Kras Winegrowers in collaboration with local restaurants in the picturesque location of Duino Castle.

Tastings with food pairings by restaurateurs from the province of Trieste and beyond; a guided tasting by the AIS of Trieste, a conference with the theme “Vitovska, wine of the Karst, an expression of its territory and those who cultivate it. Resistant to the trends of fickle viticultural fashion. What future has viticulture linked to native wines and its terroir?”

Corner shops with typical Karst products such as wines, cheeses, cured meats, sweets, honey and extra virgin olive oil will be set up.

The Vitovska

Vitovska is a white grape variety that has always been grown in the province of Trieste and in areas of neighboring Slovenia. The origin of the name is still uncertain, but the grape variety is probably of Slovenian origin. Some claim that the origin of the name comes from the Slovenian word vitica (grape vine).

Unlike other varieties whose ancient or recent origins are known, Vitovska can be considered a native variety; in fact, there is no trace of other varieties with which it can be identified in other regions of the Mediterranean, and its history has been lost in the folds of centuries of local tradition, reaching, through a long process of adaptation and selection, the current characteristics that allow it to give results in the red lands of the Karst where it is able to withstand, whipped by the Bora, the cold winters and the drought of the hot season.

The wine made from the Vitovska grape variety is straw yellow with greenish hues; a dry wine, fresh in acidity, with persuasive fruity hints of Williams pear and sage, savory, full-bodied, with a mineral note. Pleasant palate and pleasantly bitter finish.

Producing wine on the Karst is extremely difficult, pure heroic viticulture: tearing out from the rock, meter by meter, with the pickaxe, spreading a layer of fertile ferrous red soil painstakingly removed from the sinkholes and planting a vine in it.

Today Vitovska is queen of the Karst, a unique territory in the world.

The Program

Wednesday, June 24

TAKE a tour of the vineyard, discovering Azr. Agr. Zidarich

Event organized by the local FAI office.

For information and reservations write to trieste@delegazionefai.fondoambiente.it

Thursday, June 25

Welcome dinner at Lokanda Devetak – www.devetak.com

Info and reservations – 0481 882488 | info@devetak.com

Friday, June 26

Duino Castle

6 p.m. – 10 p.m. – Official opening of the event

Saturday, June 27

Duino Castle

6 p.m. – 10 p.m. – Official opening of the event

Useful Information

During the two days at the castle, tickets will be put on sale only in case of good weather. Otherwise, only those who have purchased tickets in advance will be able to attend the event!

Presales will be available starting Saturday, June 13, at the following locations:

• BAR X V. del Coroneo, 11 – Trieste
• Caffè Vatta – V. Nazionale, 42 – Opicina