This year, the festival has brought together wine makers from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy who will present some 80 kinds of sparkling wine, which wine lovers drink the most during the holidays.
The festival was opened by Visnjan mayor Angelo Mattich, who said that in the first sparkling wine from Malvasia wine grapes was made in the 1990s in the Vinjan area.
The festival will close at 1900 hrs on Saturday.