Croatian Wines
No Reservations Croatia media blitz is on
by Miquel Hudin | 19-04-2012
And it lands. In preparation for the April 23rd airing of No Reservations: Croatian Coast, Anthony Bourdain and company have expanded their Croatian episode page a great deal. Based upon their visit from back in... more »
Alen Bibich, first great wine, then hospitality
by Miquel Hudin | ~ 3 Comments
For those visiting the Dalmatian Coast, you will often hear the term "Balkan Hospitality" bandied about. Once seeing the Jägermeister shot tents, expensive hotels, and the menus at restaurants printed in all languages except that... more »
The wines of Boškinac
by Miquel Hudin | 17-04-2012
Boškinac is a hotel, restaurant, and most importantly, winery on the island of Pag. Recently, they've been getting a good deal of press. Secret Dalmatia visited them not once, but twice. Taste of Croatia reviewed... more »
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day III
by Miquel Hudin | 15-04-2012 ~ 4 Comments
In many cultures, Sunday is a day of rest. For the attendees, exhibitors, and staff at the Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend, after Days I & II it was indeed this, as well as a day... more »
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day II
by Miquel Hudin | 14-04-2012
Coming from Day I, naturally Day II of the Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend was a more smoothly-oiled machine. Everyone had settled in to their tables and more signs had been put up to make sure... more »
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day I
by Miquel Hudin | 13-04-2012
Today was the opening day of the Zagreb wine Gourmet Weekend, a three day event to showcase not only the wines of Croatia, but also the foods. While there are now several regional events, this... more »
One week to Zagreb and the Wine Gourmet Weekend
by Miquel Hudin | 05-04-2012 ~ 2 Comments
In a week, I'll be touching down at Pleso International in Zagreb to dig in to three days of Croatian wines *. While I'm not a huge fan of queuing up to tables and rushing... more »
Finding Matković Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 12-03-2012 ~ 1 Comment
The Croatian postal system has this 'fun' tendency to put smaller towns in to a bigger town's postal code. Well, actually, most of Europe does this. But, in the case of Matković who is the... more »
A small peek at No Reservations in Croatia
by Miquel Hudin | 02-03-2012
As we had mentioned back in October of last year, Anthony Bourdain and his No Reservations crew had decided to shoot along the Croatian coast and take in all that is fantastic on the Adriatic... more »
Miličić wines, with video!
by Miquel Hudin | 13-02-2012 ~ 2 Comments
Miličić is an easy winery to find in Potomje, as it's quite big and continues to get bigger. The amazing thing about this is that Pavo Miličić isn't starting with the foundations of a former... more »