Croatia  &  Wine

Croatia and Wine: The tradition of winemaking in Croatia
Wine on Croatian soil . Culture of winemaking is familiar on Croatian soil since roman times. Since medieval times, winemaking was important, and in some parts of the country, only source of income for the people of Croatia. By: Robert Kostelac | World Wine Links

VIŠNJA MARASKA
By Alan Nemaric, April 10, 2001

For almost 200 years the essence of North and Middle Dalmatia, particularly Zadar has been gracing the tables of the world's royalty, grand hotels and finest restaurants. What Tokay Wine is to Hungary, what Champagne is to France, Maraschino is to Zadar, Dalmatia and Croatia...

 

Badel 1862 d.d.

BY MOVING PRODUCTION TO CITLUK WE ARE RESCUING THE MARKET IN B-H
Vecernji list, May 19, 1999. 
Badel 1862 has been a very frequent motive for newspaper articles in the past months. President of the Association of Small Share-holders, Ante Perkovic, has on a number of occasions warned that the privatisation of that company is heading in the wrong direction, believing this could lead to tycoons taking over the company. The sale of Badel’s wine-cellars - which came across strong reactions - was designated as a "sell-out of the company’s property."

Croatia: The Homeland of Zinfandel local Article
Obscured by history, politics and long-held misperceptions, the true origin of America's Zinfandel grape remained hidden - until now. For more than a century the mystery grape of American vinculture has been

Zinfandel by Patrick W Fegan -1994 another article on the origins of this wine

Uncorking a wine enigma - The Sacramento Bee, April 30, 1997
More about proving that Zinfandel came from Croatia

 

Dalmacijvino - Split Croatia

 

Ilok Wine Cellars - Croatia - Sevdar d.o.o.

 

Istria Wines: Porec Wines | Buje and Wine Growers of Istria (List) via www.istra.com

Some of the best Wines on the Croatian soil come from Istria

Korcula and Peljesac wines, Korcula.net

 

Svijet u casi in Croatian only

first Croatian magazine for wine, gastronomy, and tourism that is on the market for five years. At the moment SVIJET U CASI is edited only in Croatian language, but we plan to publish separately some of the most interesting items on enogastronomy, folklore and tourism even in English.

Viticulture and Enology Department Institute for Adriatic crops and karst reclamation, Zagreb

History of wine-making in Croatia, the art of wine-making etc. (article)

NEWS:

CROATIA WEEKLY, Zagreb, April 14, 2000.
Croats in the World

CROATS MADE INTERNATIONAL WINE EMPIRE IN NEW ZEALAND 

The Zajednicar April 5, 2000

Mike Grgic and Roots for Peace

CROATIA WEEKLY, Zagreb, December 24, 1999.
Croats in the World

VRBNIK ŽLAHTINA IN MANHATTAN
When a dry white wine from the Croatian Adriatic Island of Krk reached the restaurant of Milan Miletić, situated between the prestigious Madison and Fifth Avenues, the whole shipment was immediately consumed. Choosy Americans have discovered another good wine

Dalmatian Sun and Wine 
The World & I 
The magazine for lifelong learners 
September 1999

C I N C I N N A T I   P O S T   L I V I N G

By Amy Culbertson, Post staff reporter

Colerain Township's Vinoklet Winery celebrating art and wine with festival

The gregarious Kreso Mikulic is hosting his first Vinoklet Arts and Wine Festival from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday at Vinoklet Winery in Colerain Township.

At 11069 Old Colerain Ave., Vinoklet has a setting that is unique in Greater Cincinnati, with vineyards, arbors, lakes and a view of rolling hills - only a few miles from the congestion of the Colerain Avenue business strip.

The Arts and Wine Festival will showcase works by local artists as well as Mikulic's six current wine releases, celebrating the ''Last Crush of the Millennium.''

Vinoklet's restaurant, known for its grill-your-own steaks, will be offering food, and Mikulic plans music, a bonfire and grape-crushing contests.

Mikulic, who hosts wine-tastings in a giant reconstructed wine barrel, says the dry conditions this summer resulted in a 1999 vintage that is his ''best yet.''

Mikulic is of Croatian descent, and Vinoklet is a Croatian expression meaning ''little house in the vineyard.''

The winery is two miles north of I-275 at 11069 Colerain Ave. (513-385-9309).

Publication date: 09-30-99

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Visit Vinoklet website: Vinoklet Winery

CROATIA WEEKLY, Zagreb, September 24, 1999 
Croats in the World
CROATIAN WINE ON AMERICAN MARKET

AN INCREASINGLY BETTER QUALITY OF CROATIAN WINES
FOREIGN PRESS BUREAU ZAGREB
Afternoon Bulletin - No. 121/99
June 15, 1999

WINE FAIR "VINOVITA 99" OPENED AT ZAGREB FAIR
ZAGREB, May 12, 1999 (Hina) 

Mike Dobrovic - Croatian winemaker in South Africa

MULDERBOSCH recently introduced its first fully barrel-fermented Chardonnay, fairly similar to the one that came under the hammer at last year's CIWG Auction. Forty cases of the Chardonnay Barrel-fermented 1997 are available from the farm at R8O a bottle. The Chardonnay was fermented in first- and second-fill French barrels. Winemaker Mike Dobrovic allowed spontaneous fermentation in some barrels, comprising a third of the final blend. The wine was left on the lees for 10 months, and barrels were rolled twice a month - hence Dobrovic calls this his "007" wine - "rolled, not stirred". He recommends laying it down for three to seven years "to allow the full rich fruit to develop and wood tannins to marry."

pg. 10 WINE magazine - April 1999

Bloomberg Wine Picks: New Zealand's Wondrous Whites Shine
Wine News Sat, 06 Feb 1999, 12:31am EST
Visit: Babich Wines website

"California Gold-Croatian Wine" [68]

"God has blessed California with gold;
Gold has exalted the land far and wide:
Its rivers and brooks roll with treasures untold
Its rocks conceal gold veins in their inside
But from whatever you have had your fill
You no longer-derive any joyous thrill ..."

"And you my brothers in Croatian parts,
Keep on dancing, sing from your fullest hearts;
Our wine is foaming, see it sparkle, my dear
Let jokes be made-let everybody cheer,
Propose a toast to too many a son
Who lacks our wine beneath a foreign sun.....

---August Senoa, 1862

From: Croatians in California
by C. Michael McAdams, 1978

Croatian Vine growers in Napa Valley- California

Croatian people have extended their wine making tradition and expertise to all parts of the world, especially the North American continent. There is a decisive Croatian presence and influence in the most productive wine growing regions of California, especially the Napa Valley. Here are some of them:

 

Grgich Hills wines speak eloquently of creator, from Philadelphia Enquirer June 18, 1995

"People ask me, `How come your wines are so good?' " winemaker Mike Grgich recounted. "I tell them it's because my English is not so good, and I must make better wines so that they can speak for themselves."

Napa Valley Wine Auction - Grgich Hills Cellar

 

Kirigin Cellars

Mr. Nikola Kirigin, the honorary president of the Croatian World Congress, also runs a successful winery in San Jose, California.

Some other Croatian Vine growers in California

Buena Vista Vines (Judy Matulich-Weitz): (707) 938-1266

Established in 1857 by Hungarian Count Agoston Haraszthy, Buena Vista claims the title as the oldest premium winery in California. The majority of the grapes used by Buena Vista are estate grown in the famed Carneros region just north of San Francisco Bay. "Harry's a body builder, likes to workout," says Zak, flexing his own biceps. "Got arms bigger than my thighs. But he's a teddy bear, a lovable creature inside. We decided to do this picture to show how much Harry supports the women who create Buena Vista's wines from vineyard to bottle." Now Zak smiles big. "Because without them, the wine don't happen."

Dobra Zemlja's Viognier is a rare foothills find

By Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee Staff Writer (Published Sept. 16, 1998)

 

Milat Vineyards St. Helena: (707) 963-0758

We are a small family-owned and operated winery in the Napa Valley, producing only Estate-bottled wines. All of our wines are sold exclusively from the winery, through the tasting room or by mail order.
The winery is located on 22 acres of vineyard in St. Helena. The property was purchased in 1949 by Richard and Izetta Milat, who raised four sons there. The grapes grown on the property were sold to local wineries. Two of the brothers, Mike and Bob, took over the vineyard operations in the 1970's. In the early 1980's with all of the expansion in the wine industry, the family realized that the logical progression was to go from premium grape growers to premium wine producers, and so in 1986, the winery was built. Mike and Bob and their wives, Carolyn and Joyce, continue to operate the vineyards and winery. Email: wines@milat.com

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