Slovenia Organic & Biodynamic wine production data: See organics, Biodynamics, Slovenia

2019: In 2019, the area of organic vineyards increased by 19% (86 hectares). 5.5% of Slovenia farmland as a whole was organic. The number of agricultural holdings in the system of control of organic production in 2019 was 2.3% higher than in 2018. Agricultural holdings with organic status increased by 5%, those in conversion decreased by 21%. Agricultural holdings in the system of control of organic production in 2019 (3,828) represented 5.5% of all agricultural holdings in Slovenia; those that already reached the status of organic producers (3,494) represented 5.0% of all agricultural holdings in Slovenia. The organic utilized agricultural area increased by 2,787 hectares or 7% compared to 2018. The share of permanent meadows and pastures in total organic utilised agricultural area is very slowly increasing. In 2019, organic fruit production was only half of the 2018 output (2,461 tons in 2019 and 5,029 tons in 2018). The output in organic vineyards was higher by 46 % (2,203 tons) and in olive groves by 24% (weighing 421 tons). After a lower yield of organically grown vegetables in 2018, the yield of organically grown vegetables in Slovenia in 2019 was 2,1% lower (and almost 18% higher than in 2017). Source: Organic farming, Slovenia, 2019 (Republic of Slovenia Statistical office).

2009 ‘Nearly 500 acres by 2009. Slightly over 75% of the 180 organic winemakers in Slovenia were growing their grapes on an average of less than 1.25 acres due in part to the country’s fragmented, hilly landscape and in part to the country’s tradition of tiny family farmsteads,’ (‘Organic Vineyards, AAG, 2011.)

Bibliography

Organic Vineyards and Winemaking in Slovenia, Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the AAG, April 12-16, on Seattle, WA by Maja Djorcev, Dept. of Geography, University of Tennessee and Conrad ‘Mac’ Goodwin, Independent Scholar, Knoxville, TN.