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The wines of Hvar, Croatia 2023
by Miquel Hudin | 01-12-2022
Please see the accompanying Tasting Report for these wines of Hvar that’s been released together with this region report. The Croatian island of Hvar was more or less how I remembered it. This despite the... more »

A new taste of the island wines from Vis, Croatia
by Miquel Hudin | 26-07-2022
Croatia puts a lot of marketing bucks into backing its claim of having “over 1,000 islands”. In truth, there are actually 1,244 by their count but of those, it’s really only 80 or so that... more »

Checking in on Vina Carić
by Miquel Hudin | 24-02-2022
While I live by the Mediterranean, the Adriatic is something different and with its own unique charm. Like many things on the lengthy “Was Gonna Do” List of 2020, I was going to be visiting... more »

A chat on the wines of Hvar, Croatia, Mar 14 7PM CET
by Miquel Hudin | 12-03-2021
Following up on the just-released Hvar Island Wine Report exploring the state of wine in this corner of Dalmatia, I've invited the president of the Hvar Wine Association Ivana Krstulović-Carić for an online chat this... more »

The wines on Hvar Island, Croatia 2021
by Miquel Hudin | 10-03-2021
Please see the accompanying Tasting Report for these wines of Hvar that’s been released together with this region report. If you’ve not been, Hvar is an achingly beautiful island in Croatia that’s not an exaggeration... more »

Pure Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 01-01-2018
When I wrote about the passing of Zlatan Plenković last year, I made mention that his wines and in reality, a wine of Plavac Mali were largely responsible for moving me into a broader appreciation... more »

In The Glass: Kiridžija – Dingač 2013
by Miquel Hudin | 01-08-2017
I have more than a soft spot when it comes to the wines of Vedran Kiridžija. It was exactly a decade ago that I visited him for the first time when researching the Dalmatia book... more »

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 »

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 »