In case you missed anything, here is a round-up of the past two weeks’ links to the news articles, blog posts and videos that highlighted Croatia, its wine or wine culture. 1. Wines of Croatia Blog: Cliff Rames – The Champion of Croatian Wines November 30, 2011 An in-depth interview with Wines of Croatia founder, […] Continue reading
Compiled by Cliff Rames, 13 November 2011 In case you missed anything, here is a round-up of the past two weeks’ links to the news articles, blog posts and videos that highlighted Croatia, its wine or wine culture. 1. Come for the Wine: Croatia Part 2 – Splendors of Split October 30, 2011 Wine […] Continue reading
Compiled by Cliff Rames, 30 October 2011 In case you missed anything, here is a round-up of the past week’s links to the news articles, blog posts and videos that highlighted Croatia, its wine or wine culture. This feature will be published every Sunday. Cheers! 1) Alexr Redfern: Wine of the Week – Roxanich […] Continue reading
Compiled by Cliff Rames, 23 October 2011 In case you missed anything, here is a round-up of the past week’s links to the news articles, blog posts and videos that highlighted Croatia, its wine or wine culture. This feature will be published every Sunday. Cheers! 1) By the Tun: Croatia’s Coastal […] Continue reading
Text and photos (unless otherwise noted) Copyright © Cliff Rames In Part 2 of this 3-part report, we went inside the festival to explore the venue, meet the VIP guests, and hear about the round table workshop. In Part 3, we provide some general observations about the wines, offer some “names to watch out for”, and […] Continue reading
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 21,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping […] Continue reading
Editor’s Note: With this report, Robert Parker’s influential “Wine Advocate” journal has published its first-ever review of a selection of wines from Croatia. The report and subsequent scores were written and posted by Neal Martin of www.wine-journal.com and www.erobertparker.com and are reprinted here with permission. In Part IV of his report, we present Mr. Martin’s reviews and […] Continue reading
Translated and edited by Cliff Rames from the original review by Z.B. Carlos on www.vinskaprica.com: http://vinskaprica.com/clai-malvazija-sv-jakov-2008 Note from the editor: We are pleased to report that three prominent Croatian wine professionals, Željko Bročilović Carlos, Darko Baretić, and Zoran Vodopija, have initiated a blog called “Vinska Prica” – or Wine Story – in which they will […] Continue reading
Article by Saša Špiranec, courtesy of Playboy Magazine – Croatia Translated and Edited by Cliff Rames, Wines of Croatia By now many people have heard a lot of great things about Saints Hills Winery, but not many of us have actually tasted the wine. It’s like a Ferrari: everyone knows it’s a great […] Continue reading
Translated and edited by Cliff Rames from the original Vinistra press release (in Croatian): http://vinistra.com/news/for-media Michel Rolland, the world’s leading wine consultant and enologists, recently toured a few wine regions of Croatia. On July 2, 2010, he also attended a tasting of 28 Malvasia Istriana (Malvazija Istarska) wines at San Rocco restaurant in the Istrian […] Continue reading
