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As you know, we are in Croatia. We spent the first two weeks gallivanting around Dalmatia and meeting many winemakers and Chefs (that story to be told later). Then on May 1, which is Labor Day in Europe, we celebrated by working diligently on adding 28 (yes, that is correct!) wines to our online store platform. Of those, 18 are new wine labels and 10 are new vintages. This makes 121 choices in the online store – from all over Croatia.

Let us introduce to you the new wineries and new wines — you can search by winery name on our online store database:

Damjanić – an Istrian family, near Poreč, with a long-history of winemaking and a brand-new winery. We are heading there next week, so we will share some stories with Ivan and Željka, who will tell us more about their Malvasia, Borgonja and Duro, a blend of Teran and Borgonja.

Delmati – a new ownership of a number of up to 60-year-old vineyards, which were first reenergized before renewing the winery and the winemaking process. A great team of leaders from the Dalmatian hinterland. Enjoy their Biokovo line — Trbljan (white) which just received a Gold Medal from TEXSOM Awards and Plavka (red) with the Silver.

Enosophia – from Feričanci, Slavonia, comes a new brand line from the winery whose name is Wisdom in Wine, and wines include sparkling white – Today Blanc, sparkling rose – Todays Rose, a light red blend – Ruby Fusion and TRS NO. 5, a Graševina that sings. This winery strives to combine the traditional with the modern, and boy did they. You can download from their website the app to hear the music that accompanies TRS NO. 5. This certainly appealed to “yours truly” techies.  To celebrate their innovation, we offer a 10% discount on their wines.

Krauthaker – when we visited Vlado and Martina, we tasted 35 wines with them. The one we absolutely fell in love is a very limited-production orange wine made from Graševina. True to Vlado’s wit, he named it Kuvlahki. The code to decipher the name = starting with letters from town of Kutjevo, adding letters from his name and then ending it in a Georgian language style to pay homage to the recent inspiration on orange wines.

Kutjevo – a winery with a long history (since 1232) and with a newly branded rosé that gets Decanter Golds and Silvers year after year. Its official name is Rosé Premium, but we call it Kravata. You can see why.

Meneghetti – an Istrian icon from two perspectives – superb winemaking and a luxury wine-hotel experience. We are also showcasing their RED wine at the Nantucket Wine Festival in a seminar of Bordeaux blends from other regions.

Testament – this winery is not new to you. But we’ve added a few gems to the portfolio – due to Juraj’s, Patricia’s and the team’s creativity we chose Opolo Rosé made from Babić; Zenit, a skin-contact wine from Pošip; Tribidrag (check out the label); and Prošek made from Babić.  Many awards which you will find in the descriptions.