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Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day II

by  |  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 »
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Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day I

by  |  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  |  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 »
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Finding Matković Plavac Mali

by  |  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 »
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A small peek at No Reservations in Croatia

by  |  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 »
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Miličić wines, with video!

by  |  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 »
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Enjoying Plovac Mali and other Croatian islandisms

by  |  03-02-2012

Something that is to be expected, yet still surprising when traversing the Croatian islands of Dalmatia, is the change in language. The dialects of Croatian will actually shift in very large degrees from island to... more »

Crvik Winery in Dalmatia’s Konavle

by  |  16-01-2012

South of Dubrovnik (and even south of Čilipi which visitors will know as it's the airport for Dubrovnik) there is the Konavle region. It's basically a large valley that opens up in the middle of... more »
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Points and wines otherwise unknown

by  |  06-01-2012

Mike's Steinberger's Wine Diarist has quickly become one of my favorite wine pundits in the fray. His professional background as a former writer for Slate comes through time and again as he crafts wonderfully insightful... more »
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The winding path to Frane Matulić’s Tavern Crkveno

by  |  20-12-2011

Tavern Crkveno is located in Dol, which is one of the loveliest villages on the whole island of Brač. It is a bit remote, feeling nearly dropped in to a small valley in the interior... more »