Maribor Wine Stories with MarTour explores how wine and viticulture shaped Maribor. The walk connects the city’s history with stories of medieval merchants, wine cellars and Archduke Johann. The documented St Martin’s Day edition in 2025 led from TIC Maribor to the Oldest Vine.
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Wine history along the city’s streets
The tour presents the connections between Maribor’s development, the wine trade and viticulture. Its stories range from medieval merchants to Archduke Johann and his role in the development of winegrowing in Štajerska.
Route of the documented edition
The St Martin’s Day walk in 2025 started at TIC Maribor, Partizanska cesta 6a, and ended at the Oldest Vine in Lent.
Background to the tour
MarTour’s regular tour on the same theme also covers the influence of monasteries, stories of vineyards on Piramida, phylloxera, the winter of 1929 and the survival of the Oldest Vine. Figures discussed include Alojz plemeniti Kriehuber, Rudolf Gustav Puff and Archduke Johann. The operator lists locations such as Lent, Glavni trg, the Vinag Wine Cellar and Salzburški dvor.
The complete sequence of stops on the special St Martin’s Day edition is not published. Wine tasting, refreshments and admission fees are not confirmed as included.