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
By Cliff Rames “The food is just so scrumptious, which is why I usually come here,” said a smartly-dressed woman to her companion just outside the nicely-appointed yet easily-to-miss building on W. 12th Street in New York City. “As for wine…I don’t know much. Croatian wines? Oh, I don’t know anything about them.” She […] Continue reading
Compiled by Cliff Rames, 16 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) Chicago Tribune: Istria is Italy without the Price […] Continue reading
“Istrian Malvazija? Count me in…” So begins the beguiling commentary in the November 2011 issue of Decanter magazine by Oz Clarke, an award-winning broadcaster, writer, and author of Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Guide and Oz Clarke’s New Wine Atlas, as well as many other books. In 2011, Mr. Clarke visited Croatia twice to learn […] Continue reading
Three years ago the organizers of Vinistra (the annual wine festival of the Association of Winegrowers & Winemakers of Istria, Croatia) launched the first World of Malvasia (“Svijet Malvazije”) competition, an event that precedes by a couple of weeks the annual Vinistra wine expo, with the results formally announced on the first day of the […] Continue reading
ZAGREB (Croatia), September 3, 2010 – After a rigorous selection process, it was announced that Saints Hills Winery, together with the Bura/Mrgudić family winery, were chosen to represent Croatia at the 19th annual international Merano Wine Festival, one of the most exclusive and most elegant oeno-gastronomic events in Europe. The festival will be held November 5 – […] 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
