Shoots from the world’s oldest grapevine were ceremoniously planted this week in Tihany, near Lake Balaton, deluxe.hu reports. The Guiness-certified vines originated from the Slovenian city of Maribor which gave it as a gift and the vines belong to the 400-year-old Stara Trta, which means “Old Grape.” The planting of the vines will be part of a ceremony presided over by the mayors of Tihany and Maribor and the Slovenian ambassador. The original plant, which grows in Maribor’s old Lent quarter, has continually produced wine-quality grapes for the previous 400 years, and each year the city gifts a shoot from the grapevine to another city to signify friendship and economic cooperation.
