The Jeruzalem Ormož Wine Cellar was built in 1967 in line with the plans of the Slovene Prof. Miran Veselič. Before that time grapes were pressed and kept in more than 30 vineyard cottages in the surrounding winegrowing hills. The cellar has the shape of a cylinder and is dug into the first terrace of the river Drava. It can store 6.5 million litres of wine and is designed in such way to allow the wine in the maturing phase to fall freely, without any forced pumping. It has 7 levels.
170 steps lead from the top of the cellar to the lowest level which is 25 m deep. This method has been used for centuries, with the wine maturing and preserved under the earth at a constant and optimum temperature.
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