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Oldest Vine in the World

Name: Oldest Vine in the World
Address: Maribor, SI

"The world's oldest vine—Žametovka (400 years)—grows in Maribor's Lent neighborhood, producing ceremonial wine since 1972 when Paris labs confirmed its age, with grafts thriving on four continents."

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Price: Low

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Oldest Vine in the World
The vine was planted sometime around 1570. It survived Ottoman raids, medieval fires, phylloxera in the 1870s, WWII bombing, and a 1963 dam that raised the Drava nine feet. Tone Zafošnik rescued it by hand in 1981. Guinness certified it in 2004. Every year it still produces 25 litres — roughly 100 tiny bottles that go exclusively as diplomatic gifts. Pope John Paul II got one. The Dalai Lama. Putin. Emperor Akihito. Bill Clinton. Brad Pitt. You cannot taste THAT wine. But Vinag's cellar beneath — 2.5km of tunnels, the largest classic wine cellar in Europe — pours the same Žametovka variety.
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