Wine Numbers: 400
400 years: That is the age of world’s oldest grape vine located in Maribor, Slovenia.
With an age of over 400 years it is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest vine in the world. Local and French vine genetics experts from Paris confirmed the age by conducting precise measurements, besides it is also representing in a few 17th century paintings. The vine grows on the front of a house and the symbolic annual harvest is about 35-55 kg from which 2,5 deciliters of wine are bottled. The grape type is Žametovka or Blue Franconian and it is usually harvested as a part of the Old Vine Festival which is held every year in Maribor.
