Wines

In an interesting article entitled “the Wrath of Grapes”, sNY Times, May 28,2015, Bruce Schoenfeld could have been talking about Croatian producers’ approach to winemaking when he describes Rajat Parr’s Domaine de la Côte releases: “. . . grapes grown in a different vineyard, struck me as so diverse that I never would have known they were…

We recently had the fortunate opportunity to travel coastal Croatia and attend the Vinocom Wine Festival.  Along with filming the harvest, vineyards and wineries from Istria to Peljesac, we spoke with some of the leaders of the Croatian Wine Renaissance at the annual Vinocom Wine Fest, which meets every year in Zagreb after the harvest.…

Diana, a guest from San Franciso asked what to see on their drive from Split to Dubrovnik. Regarding stopping on the way to Dubrovnik from Split – absolutely the Peljesac Peninsula is worth a visit. Ston is a medieval town, with reputedly the longest fortified wall outside the Great Wall of China. They are famous…

Peljesac is the Napa Valley of Croatia.  We had a lot of fun and have been really impressed with some of the wineries we visited this winter.   Among those we visited are 3 distinctively different wineries: Milos: Frano Miloš, master vintner, is one of the pioneers of the emerging boutique wineries, even though he produces…

We are setting off next week to meet the vintners and enjoy some good wine, good food and good times with friends in the industry.  The Zagreb Fair has become the place to meet to celebrate the end of  harvest, meet the players in the industry and discover the dozens of emerging garage wineries, who…

Harvest at Senjkovic was hard work and lots of fun.  Sasha, the owner and master wine maker, left his Plavac Mali until late this year.  The Shiraz and Cabernet (a new experiment for this young family) was harvested earlier, in September.  We were surprised to meet friends who wandered in from all over the island to help…

We just returned from a fabulous trip to Jelsa on Hvar island, where we filmed the harvest in the fields of Dubokobic and met with Ivo Dubokovic and Andro Tomic, two of the leading vinters on Hvar. The harvest is a family affair – friends and family turn up sooner or later to help pick and…