Undiscovered Wine Country

Croatian wine industry is practically anonymous globally. Its wines rarely appear on world’s leading restaurants wine lists and its retail market share on top wine markets is almost none. There are four distinctive wine regions in Croatia: Istria, Hillside Croatia, Slavonia & Danube and Dalmatia with Pelješac peninsula.  Many indigenous varieties are grown it their vineyards: from Istrian Malvazija, Dalmatian Babić, Plavac Mali and Pošip to northern Croatian Graševina, which is considered indigenous because Slavonia and Danube region are for a long time world’s leading producers of dry Grasevinas. One of the more interesting things about Croatian winemaking are her many unique terroirs. A robust, mighty Plavac from stone vineyards of Pelješac i totally different from suppler, more elegant Plavacs from Hvar island. One of the strategic goals for the future growth of Croatian tourism is to get international recognition of Croatian wines as one of the most important and representative elements of local indentity.