EXQUISITE WINES
WINE CELLAR
A RESTAURANT WITH HOMEMADE FOOD
Upon crossing the Slovenian-Croatian border, the first thing you catch sight of is a picturesque village of Dragonja spread over with vineyards, olive groves and cultivated areas are spread over.
Kmetija Mahnič Farm, located just a step away from the main road embraces you with a warm welcome serving produce, carefully grown by Nonno Gvido, Nonna Franka and Mr Adrijano all year long. The patio of their restaurant with a rustic charm gives an exceptional view across the salt pans to the sea and the nearby Kaštel village, to individuals and groups of tourist who are always made to feel settled here. Having an exquisite drink served by Ms Ingrid as well as some exceptional homemade food prepared by Nonna Franka and Mr Adrijano, many wish that the day would come to an end.
Kmetija Mahnič Farm is spread over 15 hectares of land and is home to olive plantations, orchards, vegetable fields, last but not least vineyards. The fifth Wine Queen of Slovenian Istria, Miss Kim Mahnič, is there to proudly present ten varieties that flourish in their vineyards namely, Malvasia, Refosco, white and black Burgundy, Bianchera, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Yellow Muscat, Momjan Muscat and Cipro.
The Mahnič Family
The beginnings of Kmetija Mahnič Farm date back to 1875, when grandfather Karlo had mainly been engaged in fruit growing. The first vineyards bore white and black Burgundy wine. After 1991, Mahnič Family, as it is today, seriously made viticulture their core business and planted new vineyards. Malvasia, Refosco, white and black Burgundy, Bianchera, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Yellow Muscat, Momjan Muscat and Cipro are flourishing on nine hectares.
Having studied agronomy, Mr Vili switched to viticulture. Wishing to offer wine tastings of different varieties on the farm and having the desire to preserve the old varieties, the Mahnič family began planting new vineyards began on their estate. Vili’s legacy paved the way to modern winemaking and to this day, this remains our vision.
NONNO GVIDO
Black Burgundy makes Nonno Gvido extremely happy.
“I took scions from a 73-year-old White Burgundy vineyard, which also had some Black Burgundy vines and I created 1.200 black burgundy vines in 15 years.”
NONNA FRANKA
Kmetija Mahnič Farm has always been home to a typical Istrian cuisine! Nonna Franka prepares food the old way – with plenty of time and even more plenty of love.
“Everyone says that sauerkraut à la Franka is like no other and nowhere else to be found!”
INGRID MAHNIČ
Also known as
“Wine Mother”
and
“Queen of Malvasia”.
Wine represents her life, which we can clearly see every time she presents it to us. She takes pride in Malvasia and proudly says that in Istria, there are not any bad sorts of Malvasia left- only good, better and the best ones remain.
ADRIJANO MAHNIČ
His love are peaches. This makes him grow the best peaches to be found in the whole world. Too bad, there are no words to describe their scent and taste.
This year, however, he took over Kmečki hram rustic restaurant as the food and beverage Manager where he will share his passion for food by serving home-made bread, corn minestrone known as “Bobići”, Istrian pasta called “Fusi”, polenta and other Istrian delicacies that simply taste wonderful.
“This minestrone speaks seven languages,”
he likes to joke.
The Mahnič Family
The beginnings of Kmetija Mahnič Farm date back to 1875, when grandfather Karlo had mainly been engaged in fruit growing. The first vineyards bore white and black Burgundy wine. After 1991, Mahnič Family, as it is today, seriously made viticulture their core business and planted new vineyards. Malvasia, Refosco, white and black Burgundy, Bianchera, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Yellow Muscat, Momjan Muscat and Cipro are flourishing on nine hectares.
Having studied agronomy, Mr Vili switched to viticulture. Wishing to offer wine tastings of different varieties on the farm and having the desire to preserve the old varieties, the Mahnič family began planting new vineyards began on their estate. Vili’s legacy paved the way to modern winemaking and to this day, this remains our vision.
NONNO GVIDO
Black Burgundy makes Nonno Gvido extremely happy.
“I took scions from a 73-year-old White Burgundy vineyard, which also had some Black Burgundy vines and I created 1.200 black burgundy vines in 15 years.”
NONNA FRANKA
Kmetija Mahnič Farm has always been home to a typical Istrian cuisine! Nonna Franka prepares food the old way – with plenty of time and even more plenty of love.
“Everyone says that sauerkraut à la Franka is like no other and nowhere else to be found!”
INGRID MAHNIČ
Also known as
“Wine Mother”
and
“Queen of Malvasia”.
Wine represents her life, which we can clearly see every time she presents it to us. She takes pride in Malvasia and proudly says that in Istria, there are not any bad sorts of Malvasia left- only good, better and the best ones remain.
ADRIJANO MAHNIČ
His love are peaches. This makes him grow the best peaches to be found in the whole world. Too bad, there are no words to describe their scent and taste.
This year, however, he took over Kmečki hram rustic restaurant as the food and beverage Manager where he will share his passion for food by serving home-made bread, corn minestrone known as “Bobići”, Istrian pasta called “Fusi”, polenta and other Istrian delicacies that simply taste wonderful.
“This minestrone speaks seven languages,”
he likes to joke.
Rich wine collection
Kmetija Mahnič Farm is spread over 15 hectares of land, and is home to olive plantations, orchards, vegetable fields, last but not least vineyards. They grow ten grape varitetes namely, Malvasia, Refosco, white and black Burgundy, Bianchera, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Yellow Muscat, Momjan Muscat and Cipro.
Cellar
Kmetija Mahnič Farm’s wine cellar is not merely a wine storage room, but a place with a soul. Follow a fence made of old vines that will walk you through the cellar where you will find barrels with fronts. These will show you a long-time tradition of winemaking. Take your time and if you take a close look at the front of the first barrel in the cellar, you will see St. Martin with Ana depicted.
Mahnič Family offers exclusive wine tastings in the cellar guided by an expert. You will head for a tasting of their premium wines by being offered from three up to eight samples.
Kmečki hram restaurant
Mr Adrijano and Nonna Franka skillfully turned their excellent cooking into a typical country restaurant, where food is prepared the old way – with plenty of time and even more plenty of love, but most importantly, with fresh produce. The place where you will taste the best corn minestrone called known as “Bobići”, smells of traditional Istrian cuisine and offers dishes such as “Pasta fazool”, soup with beans and some small type of pasta, Istrian pasta called “Fusi”, exquisitely prepared meat, sauerkraut and desserts that all there on the menu for you to treat yourself.
The restaurant can welcome up to 200 guests. Please book yourself a visit in advance.
Contact
Kmetija Mahnič
Dragonja 111
6333 Sečovlje-Sicciole
T: +386 41 642 851
E: mahing@siol.net
