Croatian Wines
In The Glass: Violić – Dingač 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 21-04-2017
I had the chance to sample this Pelješac wine from Violić recently which was quite interesting as it tastes more of the recent movement by some makers in the generally hearty Dingač region to literally... more »
A Poletti taste of Istria
by Miquel Hudin | 04-04-2017
While at the Grand Tasting in February, in one of the masterclasses, I had the chance to taste the wines of Poletti, a Croatian winery located in Central Istria. Making wine for some six generations,... more »
50 years of the Postup appellation
by Miquel Hudin | 22-03-2017
When it comes to the “Grand Crus” of Croatia, if people know one, it would be Dingač, although I’m sure even that’s a stretch. There’s nothing shameful in this as Croatia hasn’t done much to... more »
Talking about Croatia
by Miquel Hudin | 15-07-2016
When living in Spain, it's difficult to keep up with writing about Croatia, which was actually one of the first regions in Europe that I wrote about and traveled through extensively for the Dalmatia wine... more »
In The Glass – Šember – Rajnski Rizling 2011
by Miquel Hudin | 29-05-2016
Croatian wine regions don't roll easily off the tongue and thus Šember from Plešivica might be tough for the Anglophone mouth to get wrapped around. This is a shame as their winery offers up some... more »
RIP Zlatan Plenković
by Miquel Hudin | 19-03-2016 ~ 1 Comment
Last Thursday, March 17th, while many were celebrating St. Patrick's Day, a legend of Croatian wine, Zlatan Plenković died while on a ferry traveling from Split to the island of Hvar. It's a tragic loss... more »
Plešivica: Croatia’s unsung wine hero
by Morana Zibar | 10-03-2016 ~ 3 Comments
It may be the smallest wine region in Croatia, but in many ways it’s the most ground-breaking and compelling. Plešivica is a green, hilly region some 30km southwest from Zagreb. It's often overlooked when compared... more »
The rest of 2016
by Miquel Hudin | 05-01-2016
Continued from yesterday, a few more observations about what's to come in 2016 in general and outside of Catalonia. Southern France I just received an email from Michel Blanc in Châteauneuf going on at length... more »
The Lasina of Bibich & Sladić
by Miquel Hudin | 11-11-2015
Hop around the Balkans for even a short time and you get to make friends with a lot of new grapes. While those in the know have possibly heard of Plavac Mali or that Zinfandel... more »
The wines of Dalmatia, Croatia in 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 13-06-2015
The wines of Dalmatia, Croatia are not terribly well-known and until I wrote a book about them in 2007, I didn't fully have a grasp of them either despite first tasting them back in 2004.... more »