Croatia is home to more than a hundred indigenous wine grape varieties
Songs have been written about wine. It is nurtured and paid attention to both in the cellar and on the table. People live for wine. They travel the globe for the chance to explore its many varieties. It connects and brings people joy. We talk about those who produce it, about those who enjoy it, about the cultures, the ways of life and the countries they come from. Whatever wine you are talking about, still or sparkling, you need to know how to deal with it, you need to know how to approach it and how to taste it. And each wine definitely needs to be given the attention it deserves because the people involved in wine production invest tremendous effort so that we can taste and feel all its wonderful smells and tastes. The richness and quality of Croatian wines have long been known and confirmed throughout the world. All our regions have something to be proud of because our winemakers work diligently to improve and develop their brands, but also the Croatian wine story in general. This is shown by the numerous awards of world-renowned wine experts who regularly bestow upon our wines the highest marks in international competitions and their availability in restaurants across the globe. Winemakers from Dalmatia, Istria, Slavonia and Baranja, Međimurje, Zagorje and Plešivica do an excellent job of nurturing, developing and preserving valuable wine traditions and varieties that are characteristic of each of these areas. Although small compared to some other European countries where wine is an important tourist and economic branch, Croatia boasts a large number of indigenous varieties that have found their place on the world wine market. Plavac Mali, Crljenak Kaštelanski or Tribidrag, Babić, Malvazija, Pošip, Maraština, Grk, Bogdanuša, Debit, Graševina, Škrlet, Žlahtina and Prošek, are just some of the more than one hundred indigenous varieties in Croatia, each representing the part of the country they come from. And while Dalmatia leads in the number of indigenous grape wine varieties, Plešivica should be singled out as a micro environment in which, in addition to great wines, now famous sparkling wines are made, giving it the popular moniker as the Champagne region of Croatia. Croatian wines have been served at royal courts and enjoyed by many dignitaries, but it is also enjoyed and honored by all those for whom wine is part of the culture and philosophy of life. Each wine tells its own story, more or less beautiful, and sometimes even more beautiful than we can imagine. However, without this most precious liquid, life would be uninteresting to say the least. Wine inspires and makes this world happier and more complete.
