--- title: Slovenia Making Melania Trump-Themed Salami, Wine, Chocolate description: Slovenia is paying homage to one of its most famous former residents with Melania Trump-themed salami, wine, chocolate, and beauty creams. canonical: https://time.com/4702824/slovenia-melania-trump-salami/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-15T22:00:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:57.427Z og:title: Slovenia Now Has Salami That Pays Homage to Melania Trump og:description: Melania-themed cured meat, wine, and more og:url: https://time.com/4702824/slovenia-melania-trump-salami/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4cc104c0db46e2f/6988be91fb4eac600289120e/melania-trump-slovenia-wine-salami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: First Lady Melania Trump Hosts Lunch At White House On International Women's Day og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Slovenia Now Has Salami That Pays Homage to Melania Trump twitter:description: Melania-themed cured meat, wine, and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4cc104c0db46e2f/6988be91fb4eac600289120e/melania-trump-slovenia-wine-salami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Slovenia Is Now Selling Salami That Pays Homage to Melania Trump > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 15, 2017 10:00 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 08: First lady Melania Trump attends at a luncheon she was hosting to mark International Women's Day in the State Dining Room at the White House March 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 08: First lady Melania Trump attends at a luncheon she was hosting to mark International Women's Day in the State Dining Room at the White House March 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 15, 2017 10:00 PM UTC In the mere months since [Melania Trump](http://time.com/4698408/zac-posen-on-ivanka-melania-trump/) became First Lady, her native country of Slovenia [has seen a rise in tourism](http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/02/01/slovenia-gets-tourism-boost-thanks-to-melania-trump.html), according to its Statistic Bureau. Now, it looks like the Eastern European nation is looking to pay homage to Melania (and cash in on her newfound status) with a line of “First Lady” themed products, ranging from cured meats to indulgent sweets. According to wine publication [_Decanter_](http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/slovenias-first-lady-wine-honours-melania-trump-357430/), Slovenian producers at the Sevnica Castle, which is close to the city where the First Lady initially grew up, are now selling salami made from a rare breed of local pigs, chocolate, beauty creams, and a special wine made from Blaufränkisch grapes all under the “First Lady” name. While Melania [has taken legal measures](http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20161202/no-more-unapproved-melania-trump-products-in-slovenia) to ensure that the name “Melania Trump” is not used for commercial purposes without her approval, castle steward Rok Petančič doesn’t think that the First Lady will take umbrage at these products. “We have good wine, we have the best salamis and we have other products that are very good for the area,” he said. “We shouldn’t be afraid or feel ashamed of offering them to a wider audience.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4702824/slovenia-melania-trump-salami/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4702824/slovenia-melania-trump-salami/"},"headline":"Slovenia Is Now Selling Salami That Pays Homage to Melania Trump","datePublished":"2017-03-15T22:00:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:57.427Z","description":"Melania-themed cured meat, wine, and more","url":"https://time.com/4702824/slovenia-melania-trump-salami/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","viral","Bizarre","Donald Trump","flotus","Culture","food and drink","Melania Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4cc104c0db46e2f/6988be91fb4eac600289120e/melania-trump-slovenia-wine-salami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4cc104c0db46e2f/6988be91fb4eac600289120e/melania-trump-slovenia-wine-salami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"First Lady Melania Trump Hosts Lunch At White House On International Women's Day","caption":"First Lady Melania Trump Hosts Lunch At White House On International Women's Day","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4702824/slovenia-melania-trump-salami/","name":"Slovenia Is Now Selling Salami That Pays Homage to Melania Trump"}}]}] ```