The Slovenian-Croatian border disputes have quieted down for the duration of the arbitration (although Croatia refuses to acknowledge it). But is seems that the two countries have found a new cause for dispute - food of protected origin on the EU territory. They arrived at an understanding as far as the Istrian prosciutto is concerned, but Slovenia has already expressed its disagreement with the geographic protection of Varaždin cabbage and Slavonija Kulen, as both are grown, or produced in Slovenia as well. As for Kulen, the Association of the Slovenian Meat Industry gave the argument that Kulen has been produced in Slovenia for more than a quarter of the century.
The largest transnational complication is the geographic protection of the name of Teran, the wine made of the Refosko grapes which grow only on the Karst. Slovenia has protected, in compliance with the EU regulations, during its approach to the EU, and Croatia offered no opposition; they either forgot or overlooked it. By entering the EU, Croatia accepted the Slovenian protection of Teran. But then they changed their mind, and demanded certain exceptions regarding Teran. In the end they were granted permission to sell old wines labelled as Teran, until the stock is exhausted, while they are not permitted to label wine produced after Croatia joined the EU as Teran.
According to our sources in Brussels, Croatia is lobbying intensively to get permission for the use of the name Teran for the wines produced by vintners from the Croatian Istria. But until now they had no luck in convincing the European Commission. The beginning of July marked the end of the three-year period in which the Croatian vintners were allowed to sell their old supplies of wine labelled as Teran.

And yet nothing has changed, as reported by several of the Slovenian media. The Istrian Teran is still on sale in a number of Croatian markets. Wine lovers from Europe and other countries can purchase it through Croatian on-line wineries offering their goods also to foreign buyers. The Istrian wineries have not changed the labelling of the wine; they are still using the name of Teran just as they did in the past.