Marko Fon

Marko Fon

If you slip over the Italian border heading east through Friuli to Slovenia, and hug the Mediterranean, you end up in the region known locally as Kras. The region straddles northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia and is one of the worlds few wine regions to share countries.

The region is renowned for its rocky limestone, known locally as kras (Slovenian) or karst (Italian). The word karst is used the world over to describe landscapes where the rock (usually limestone) is being slowly dissolved by water, giving rise to a range of interesting features above ground (such as sinkholes) and below (caves).

This tough land is predominately toiled by farmers growing what produce they need, and a few brave winemakers. The three local grapes are Malvazija (Malvasia Istriana), Vitovska (a cross between Malvasia and Prosecco) and Terran (Refosco). Marko works his vineyards, one of which is over one hundred years old, entirely by hand without use of herbicides, fertilizers and systemic treatments. In the cellar the grapes are fermented on skins for a few days and aged in a combination of stainless steeel and old oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. These are characterful wines full of energy made by a true artisan and they age beautifully.



  • Village: Komen
  • Province : Littoral
  • Established : 1989
  • Owners : Marko Fon
  • WineMaker : Marko Fon
  • Production : 6000 bottles
  • Hectares Under Vine : 4
  • Viticulture : Natural
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