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Winemaking step-by-step in boutique winery Duboković on the sunny island of Hvar
The 2021 harvest exceeded all expectations and by now all grapes have been picked and vinified. However, not everyone knows the details of the winemaking process. For this reason, I wanted to take you through the process. step by step. Here at the boutique winery Duboković on the sunniest island in Europe.
Winetasting on the sunny island of Hvar - a once in a lifetime experience
We highly recommend visiting some of the Hvarwine winemakers if you want to get a taste of Hvar and to experience the beauty of the winemaking on the island. The winemakers are located all over the island and offer personal and unique wine tastings in their beautiful wineries, cellars or konobas (bistros). All wineries except Podrum Vujnović is located relatively close to each other and can be booked during the same day if you are up for a full day of wine.
Below is a list of winemakers that offers tastings, where to find them and how to book an appointment.
How to recognise aromas in wine like a connoisseur
Winemaking on the island of Hvar, Croatia dates back 2500 years and has been an integral part of everyday life ever since Greek settlers first set foot on the now UNESCO protected Stari Grad plain. The winemakers on the island take immense pride in the careful growing of grapes in the best locations, some of which get as many as 2718 sunshine hours per year.
Moja M, the art of orange wine seduction
Moja M is an orange wine, skin-contact wine, amber wine, call it whatever you like. I call it spectacular. It is 100% Maraština, an indigenous Dalmatian grape variety that can be found along the entire Dalmatian coastline, but that can also be found in Greece on Zakynthos under the name Pavlos, and in Italy as Malvasia Biancha Lunga. It macerates for weeks on end on the perfectly ripe berries of Maraština grapes before it undergoes lees ageing.
Winemaking on the island of Hvar - organic and natural by default
Winemaking on the island of Hvar, Croatia dates back 2500 years and has been an integral part of everyday life ever since Greek settlers first set foot on the now UNESCO protected Stari Grad plain. The winemakers on the island take immense pride in the careful growing of grapes in the best locations, some of which get as many as 2718 sunshine hours per year.
The island of Hvar offers everything from fruity whites and bold reds to complex orange wines
All wine regions in Croatia have their own characteristics in terms of climate, terroir, grape varieties and styles. The South is characterised by its many hours of sunshine per year which produces big Mediterranean-style reds. On the islands and the Dalmatian coast, local grape varieties, microclimates and the rather harsh nature of the vineyards leads to some highly individual wines and some of Croatia's best known.