Bela krajina is Posavje's warmest district, between the Gorjanci hills and the Kolpa River on the Croatian border. Mediterranean influence and large day-night temperature differences help aromatic wines retain freshness. Traditional Belokranjec and Metliška Črnina are light-bodied, while Yellow Muscat and Blaufränkisch have attracted more recent attention. Slovenia's first ice wine was made here in 1986 under oenologist Julij Nemanič.
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- BelokranjecNo producers listed yetBelokranjec is a traditional light-bodied wine from Bela krajina. Belokranjec PTP is sold in original packaging and cannot enter commercial circulation before 30 November of the grape-harvest year.
- CvičekNo producers listed yetCviček is a wine of Dolenjska in Posavje: light, low in alcohol and marked by red-berry aromas. It is especially associated with limestone and dolomite soils.
- DolenjskaNo producers listed yetDolenjska is Posavje's coldest wine-growing district and the home of light, low-alcohol Cviček. Its producers also make varietal wines, rosés and traditional-method sparkling wines, with Rumeni Plavec among the local white varieties.
- Metliška črninaNo producers listed yetMetliška črnina is a traditional light-bodied wine of Bela krajina, first bottled in 1968. Its PTP version must be sold in its original packaging and cannot be sold before 30 November of the harvest year.