"The first seedlings were made by professor Kozina and me in Zagreb, there were 35 vines we chose as first grade. I sent them to my father in Pridvorje and he planted them. Then we waited for two and a half years so we can reproduce them. Those grafts are the origin of 95% of vines in Konavle!"
“It was a purely hobbyist story, even our decision to cultivate Pošip was based on arguments we made in our almost teenage stories."
"It would be pointless for this vineyard to be chemically polluted, especially since not a drop of chemicals was ever dropped here."
Branko recalls the grapes from the vineyards were taken to the winery in Opuzen with boats, as well as how he taught himself to drive the small Neretva boat before even learning to swim
Continuing our series of interviews with Croatian winemakers called "2 in 8 interviews": Tomislav Bolfan, owner of the Vinski Vrh Winery, (un)disputed world Sauvignon Champion!
All of the interviews in the series are going to be similar, with 8 same questions and 2 questions tailored specifically for each winemaker (those two will be easy to spot, as they will be coloured differently).
"My grandfather Niko smeared me with Prošek, made a cross on my head and practically christened me for the first time"
Continuing our series of interviews with Croatian winemakers called "2 in 8 interviews": Rikard Petrić, winemaker from the Stina winery, located on the Brač Island.
All of the interviews in the series are going to be similar, with 8 same questions and 2 questions tailored specifically for each winemaker (those two will be easy to spot, as they will be coloured differently).
Ilok Cellars managed, together with two or three larger Croatian wineries, to offer supermarket shoppers a high quality wine as a mass product. Hence their contribution to the wine consumption culture in Croatia is exceptionally important
Legendary artist of Croatian winemaking, charismatic Andro Tomić, spoke to us about how his love for wines was born and how they became his life road. Tomić Wines, as well as Andro Tomić, have for a reason gained cult status on the domestic wine scene