This year's grape harvest in the vineyards of Vina Belje began in the first week of September, which is the optimal start to the harvest in the Baranja area. Large amounts of rain and weather conditions, which are not common in the Baranja area for August, affected only a small part of the vineyards, so the majority of grapes are preserved in excellent condition. Belje Chief Oenologist Suzana Zovko and Marketing, Tourism and Corporate Communications Manager Ljiljana Vajda-Mli

The coronavirus is leaving, spring has come. After bad days, after being locked up in our homes for a long time, we go to nature, to the greenery for fresh air. The Kos Jurišić family together with the Tourist Board of Sveti Ivan Zelina, in an idyllic area, organizes picnics in the vineyard. Kos-Jurišić Winery is a family farm with 3.5 ha of vineyards, 30 kilometres from Zagreb in Nespeš on the Zelina Wine Road. During the weekend, the Kos Jurišić winery offers baskets with w

Thailand is a subtropical country and hosts all kinds of strange plants and fruits, but to find entire vineyards is a miracle. This is exactly what happened to us while visiting the famous Thai seaside destination Hua Hin. In the hills that make up the border between the Thai provinces of Prachuap Khiri Khan and Phetchaburi and the border with Myanmar, there is the Monsoon Valley Winery where tropical wine is grown and offered! It is commonly said that there are three seasons

On the gentle slopes of the Dalj Mountains, along the right bank of the Danube, which floods the Erdut and makes it a peninsula under ideal conditions for growing vines - at an altitude of between 130 and 190 meters, slightly sloping south, on woodland, there are Erdut Vineyards on 490 hectares. The Erdut Vineyards Winery houses the largest wine barrel in use in the world. The barrel is made of Slavonian oak, the traditional method of splitting oak rainbows from a total of 10

From the southern slopes of Dilj Mountain there is a wide view of the town Slavonski Brod, the river Sava and Bosanska Posavina. We are looking into the distance from Bukovlje, a proud municipality that has been developing successfully lately. Due to population inflows, the population has doubled since 1991. They enjoy the rural idyll, where many of the townsfolk have their vineyards and cottages. The winemaking of this region is the reason why the Vinovita Wine Show has been

At the Wine Wednesday AfterWork, organized by Marija Vukelić's Golden Words company in Zagreb's Roots Bar, young wines from the young BELL'IAKOV wineries from Hvar were presented. Bell'Iakov Winery is named after the family of Marija Carić because in Svirče, most of the residents have a surname Plenković or Carić, so they all have some addition to the surname. Most Hvar wineries have a long family tradition, and the Bell'Iakov winery is only in its second year. Both the viney

The fifth edition of the oeno-gastro project 'Wine by the Spoon' took place at the ReUnion restaurant at the Canopy by Hilton Hotel in Zagreb. The concept of 'Stews from Dolac' was designed by the chef of the restaurant Marinko Topalović. The menu featured fresh food from Dolac, the most famous market in Zagreb. Gastronomic journalist Domagoj Jakopović Ribafish presented the meal prepared for the media and was initiated by journalists Renata Cisar and Mustafa Topčagić. The Au

Every first weekend in October, the city of Kastav is flooded with guests. The Bela nedeja (White Sunday) tradition is held in honour of young wine and early fall, and has been known since 1400 when it was mentioned in the Code of the City. Today, this is not only a wine fair but also a promotion of old crafts as well as the new Chinese goods that flood the Kastav streets. However, the flavours and aromas of the Kvarner region prevail, with numerous guests from other parts of

Pušipel is a precious wine sort for Međimurje and Northern Croatia, and this is confirmed this year with a record number of awards from world wine grading. The latest quality assurance for Winery Štampar and their wine Štampar Pušipel Classic 2018, arrived in the form of a silver medal on one of the world's most prestigious wines - the Decanter World Wine Awards. David Štampar, a graduate agronomist, heir to the founder of the new vineyard era, points out that he is very prou

After Christmas and New Year, the first important oeno-gastronomic enjoyment comes with the day of St. Vincent on January 22. St. Vincent is the saint protector of vineyards, wine and wine makers. It is celebrated especially in Slavonia and the Central Croatia, so every day out for St. Vincent Day is excellent way to learn more about the viticulture and traditions. Wine makers from Northern or Continental Croatia share a common custom of going to the vineyards for St Vincent,

Meta Frangež is the 23rd Wine Queen of Slovenia. First time in history, the Wine Queen comes from Gornja Radgona, a city of sparkling wines. The new Queen, third-year student of viticulture, winemaking and fruit growing on Biosystemic faculty in Maribor, comes also from the House of Sparkling Wines Frangež, with a long wine making tradition. The family Frangež is also sponsor of the official Queen's wine Traminec brut natur 2008. Among many celebrities, the Queen was crowned

WineOS, the wine festival, was held in Osijek on January 11 and 12 in the "Museum of Taste". In addition to the fifty wine makers from Croatia, wineries from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Hungary and Serbia also were present, and through the importers guests could also try wines from Kosovo. Numerous workshops were held at the festival. At the workshop "SOME NEW PELJEŠAC - MODERNITY SAVING THE TRADITION", we tasted a dozen wines, from base Plavac to selection and reserve

At the Zagreb Cheese Bar a number of media representatives were introduced to the two new Meneghetti products. These are the Meneghetti Malvazija Black Label 2017 and the fresh non-filtered olive oil Meneghetti Novello, as well as the refreshed look of all Meneghetti labels. At the same time this Istrian wine maker introduced new wine grapes – sparkling wine Meneghetti Classic Brut 2016, Meneghetti White 2017, Meneghetti Red 2013 and all olive oil from 2018. Meneghetti Novell

The Sibon sparkling wine is made from Pušipel (Šipon) and got its name according to a legend about a French soldier in times of Napoleon who tasted this wine and said: c’est bon (it’s good). Thus, the name Šipon came to be, and Sibon is a variation of it. The Sibon sparkling wine was tasted on a presentation held by the Zagreb’s company Vivat Fina Vina. Production in the Međimurje’s wine cellar DGA lead Gordan Horvat (economist) and Alen Švenda (lawyer), son of a famous singe

"When we go to the winery," asks a Greek tourist who just sat in a sprinter from Yerani, with whom we travel on a tour to the Khor Virap and Noravank monasteries, with visits to the archaeological site in Areni, also known for vineyards and one of the oldest grape varieties in the world. Beside him sits a sleek German who says in a low voice that this is the last stop of our trip. For most of the ride, marked by avoiding patches on the road, the Greek slept through. The road

It was strange to notice a wine restaurant with a Slavic name in the heart of Yerevan until we found out that the owner was a Russian native of Siberia. There are no vineyards there, but love for wine is part of her genes, since her grandfather comes from Armenia. After all, a large bottle of Karas on its way out of the international airport is testament to the Armenian attachment to wine. Today, there are over 600 different grape varieties in Armenia! This huge figure only a

Numerous interesting wines were presented at a workshop organized by the Spanish Embassy and the ICEX Foreign Trade Institute. After Italy and France, Spain is the third country in the world to produce wine. According to the OIV (International Organization for Wine and Wine), Spain will produce in 2018 from a million and one hundred thousand hectares of vineyards 40.9 million hl of wine. The Spaniards have 70 descriptors of protected origin (DO = Denominacion de origen) and (

Harry Potter and his friends, dressed in fancy black hoods, walk uphill to the gates of Hogwarts. Or this might be the case if you do not know that “Harry Potter” and his friends are in fact students of the University of Coimbra, second oldest university in Europe, who are still dressing according to the old traditions. Coimbra influenced heavily J.K. Rowling who wrote the Harry Potter books, and scenes that you might be familiar with from the movies are also bearing a mark o

The new wine cellar Josip Galić opened on the 10th anniversary of his winery in Kutjevo. In 2007, he bought 40,000 vines at 6.5ha and next year he opened the winery. Today, vines grow on 60ha and grapes are purchased from another 10 ha. Here, 330,000 bottles of wine are bottled annually. The new two-storey winery, designed by architects Tomislav Čurković and Zoran Zidarić, is an investment worth 30 million kuna, of which a third would be financed from European funds and a fur

In the Zagreb County, the grape harvesting period started earlier this year. On Plešivica, those who produce sparkling wines began with harvesting already on August 23 or 24. Drago Kurtalj started with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and then went to Graševina and other varieties. Kurtalj has 3.5 hectares of vineyards and along the calm wines, he produces Rose and Black Pinot sparkling wines and those made from the domestic varieties such as Šipelj, Lipovina, Vertlinec and others.