During the weekend of May 11-13, Vinistra will feature the traditional wine exhibition taking place at the Zatika sports center in Porec (the main floor), the gourmet events with chefs from Istria and abroad presenting their cuisine (the upper floor of the sports center). There are, of course, panel discussions for wine professionals and tasting [ Read More ]
It’s the beginning of May when Vinistra, the most important wine & gourmet event of Istria, sets the stage for promoting, educating and establishing high quality standards for wine growing and wine production in the region. This year it’s the 19th year that Vinistra, the association of wine growers and wine makers of Istria, takes [ Read More ]
Anthony Bourdain is a very blunt guy. He doesn’t really look like someone you can f*** around with when it comes to world-wide eating and wine drinking. So when he says on his globe trotting No reservations show „Holly s***! That’s good!“ you gotta take him seriously. He knows his food and his palate (he’s [ Read More ]
Europe’s leading gourmet lifestyle magazine Der Feinschmeker, red by 30 million people plus, selected Istria’s wine maker Giorgio Clai as one of the newcomers of the wine scene for 2012. Der Feinshemeker magazine runs the traditional Wine awards each year selecting the best wine labels, wine producers and picking the best winegrowers pushing their reputation on [ Read More ]
Croatian gastronomy takes a further step towards haute cuisine – a small step for mankind but a significant one for the small Mediterranean country striving to be recognized as a tourist and gourmet spot on the map, one might say… The event that marked the occasion was the welcoming of the new chefs to the [ Read More ]
The indigenous Malvasia Istriana (istarska malvasija) will stage on its first ever en primeur tasting organized by the Association of winegrowers and winemakers of Istria – Vinistra. The tasting is one of the events leading up to Istria’s most important wine event in the calendar – the Vinistra 19th wine expo edition set for May [ Read More ]
You are what you eat. I believe that is the motto for the 21st century. In the last couple of years I have been preoccupied with what I really eat, what kind of foods, where does the meat and the veggies come from, are they preservatives free, genetically modified of whatever sort.. Under huge retail [ Read More ]
National Geographic, Travel & leisure magazine, Fodor’s travel guide and Germany’s largest travel club and travel assistance service ADAC say Istria is the top destination one should visit in 2012. National Geographic puts Istria in The best of the world 2012 category by saying: “Think Tuscany, but with a Habsburg past. The shady, rolling hills of [ Read More ]
Bloomberg news author John Mariani brings a story on Croatian wines, selecting malvasia from Istria and plavac mali from Dalmatia that could cater to the international taste in the future (California’s zinfandel is a varietal of plavac mali or “the little blue”). The author had a chance to taste Saints Hills, Trapan and Matosevic wines pairing [ Read More ]
Duilio Belic is a man who takes no compromise when it comes to quality. This humble and pleasant man from Istria stands behind one of the world’s best extra virgin olive oils: his Oleum Viride brand ranks world’s number one in the category “frutato intenso”, the intense fruitiness. A heavy acknowledgment to handle, some might [ Read More ]
Emmy awarded American journalist Ashley Colburn said she fell in love with Istria filming the fifth episode of her travel documentary Wonders of Croatia. She so loved Istria – the food, the scenery, the people and places – she was thinking of maybe living here one day. A romantic city of Rovinj definitely caught her [ Read More ]
Autumn just might be my favorite time of the year because of the truffle season that starts in Istria. It is the season of the great white truffle – Tuber magnatum pico – the precious and pricey truffle that adorns many traditional Istrian dishes from pasta such as fuzi, fish or meat. The heart of [ Read More ]
Istrian cuisine, wines and boskarin delicacies were presented to some 150 bloggers at the BlogFest 2011 in Italian town Riva del Garda. San Rocco restaurant and hotel prepared some of the simple gourmet dishes from Istria that were fused with extra virgin olive oil produced by Bursic family, Istrain malvasia from Ravalico and Cattunar wineries and [ Read More ]
Saints Hills winery from Croatia announced that their wine label design won the prestigiousPentawards award for industrial design. The labels were designed by the London-based Lewis Moberly, the agency that was awarded the Bronze Pentawards for their work for Saints Hills winery in the category Luxury products: wines and champagnes. Pentawards is the world competition [ Read More ]
Istrian restaurants have joined the Restaurant week, a project aimed at promoting the gourmet scene throughout Croatia. The concept of the Restaurant week is known worldwide and this is the third time taking place in Croatia: first two years the restaurant week was organized only in Zagreb while this is the first time to have [ Read More ]
Oz Clarke, British wine celebrity and wine writer was delighted by the Istrian wines he tastes during the Croatian Wine Fair 2011 that took place at the Delfina Event Centre in London in September. Celebrity wine expert Oz Clarke came over to the tasting table of Croatian Fine Wines Limited and tasted all their fine [ Read More ]
Istrian winemaker Ivica Matosevic will present his wines at the James Beard Foundation dinner in New York City on October 14, 2011. Being the first Croatian winemaker to have been invited to such an event in the United States, Ivica Matosevic will tell a story on „Mystical Malvasia“, as the night has been named. Matosevic [ Read More ]
Super sunny weather and very high temperatures of 35+ degrees Celsius in the last couple weeks have pushed the harvest in Istria somewhat earlier this year. Ivica Matosevic reports that chardonnay and sauvignon grapes from his Grimalda vineyards have been stored in the cellar. Ivica says these high temperatures and fast ripening of the grapes pushed [ Read More ]
U.S. actress Angelina Jolie is on her first trip to Croatia – she flew in to Pula airport on Friday afternoon and was headed to the Brijuni island as the guest of the actor Rade Serbedzija who runs Ulysses Theater with his wife Lenka on the most beautiful island in Istria. Jolie and Serbedzija are reportedly very [ Read More ]
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