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In The Glass: Vuina Plavac Štafileo Barrique 2009
by Miquel Hudin | 09-09-2012
This is an interesting take on Plavac Mali from Vuina, a winery located between Split and Trogir on the coast of Croatia. Ironically, while not a bumpin', off-the-chart wine growing region, this is where the... more »
Madirazza Plavac Mali with a side of nostalgia
by Miquel Hudin | 28-08-2012 ~ 1 Comment
When it comes to what we imbibe, it seems that there are the instances where we're just trying to fill our stomachs and/or get drunk. Then there are those instances where what we take in... more »
Plavac Mali on Korčula?
by Miquel Hudin | 13-06-2012 ~ 3 Comments
It's generally assumed that the island of Korčula is heavily invested in making lots of Pošip. This full-bodied, delectable, native white grape has been happily growing on Croatia's coast for ages. While the grape does... more »
The Plavac and the Darnekuša of Plančić
by Miquel Hudin | 28-05-2012
Plančić is a coastal Croatian winery on Hvar Island and when it comes to making truly Croatian wines, they know their business given that they only use native Croatian grapes. Bogdanuša, Parč, Darnekuša, and of... more »
In The Glass: Antunović Postup 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 27-04-2012
This bottle was picked up while in Zagreb at the Wine Weekend. While Antunović wasn't present (this bottle is from the almighty & glorious, Vrutak), it's always interesting to taste a Postup wine as they... more »
Let the tastings commence!
by Miquel Hudin | 25-04-2012 ~ 2 Comments
While we're still in the midst of and nearly completed with our new Empordà-Costa Brava enotourism guide, we've also picked up a large number of tasting samples from from the Zagreb wine fair. We'll be... 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 »
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 »
Enjoying Plovac Mali and other Croatian islandisms
by Miquel Hudin | 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 Miquel Hudin | 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 »