The gateway to Styria is Maribor, Slovenia’s second city.
Maribor has a charming old town, a lovely namesake hotel with penthouse suites
on the main square, a lively restaurant scene—Sedem, which Kordiš says is the
only hospitality-school training restaurant in the world that’s recognized in
the Michelin Guide—and the world’s oldest grapevine, a massive plant that’s
trellised along the length of a historic building and that, locals claim, is
the only plant in the world with its own museum. It’s still producing grapes.
