General Questions
This is a true Old World winemaking country. Around 2500 years of tradition and wealth of indigenous varieties are all waiting for you to discover them. We’ve kept Croatian wine a secret for a long time with low export numbers. Today, this country sees around 1600 professional producers mainly producing characterful wines on small scale, making Croatia a true boutique wine market. The diversity among the regions is incredible for such a small country. But, reasons for you to care about what’s happening in Croatia lie beyond the sheer curiosity. Fact is, Croatian wines today are really good. Regardless of the region or the style of wine, there is much for international wine lovers to discover in Croatia. You will be hearing more about this country’s wines in the near future. Get a jump on many others and get into Croatian wine now.
Our Complete Course on Croatian Wine is suitable to a broad audience by design. Beginners will understand and follow the structure without much problem. To make sure of this, we’ve included a helpful glossary with basic terms explained. On the other hand, wine professionals and experienced enthusiasts will learn about exciting wine regions and varieties they are not familiar with. Professionals in the world of wine will get enough working knowledge to be able to start adding Croatian wines to their wine lists and wine shop inventories. All this is a part of this short, user-friendly course, that also comes with plenty of downloadable content.
In short, all the basics. This course covers main Croatian wine regions, varieties, styles of wine and winemaking history. You will learn about the main characteristics of climate and soil in our main regions. You will get to know the main indigenous varieties. Also, you will come away with the basic grasp of our winemaking history and present scene.
One of the parts of this course is a tasting and analysis of 6 wines from various regions of the country. The main varieties are represented and explained and if you so choose, you can get the wines tasted and taste along.
No. This course is a great starting point for getting into such a venture, but it will by no means be enough for you to open a winery or make wine in Croatia.
This course is most probably just the beginning of our publishing projects. It will be followed by a book on Croatian wine. Also, we are already dedicated towards organising wine tasting events around the world introducing people to Croatian wine. Aside from that, our wine tours in Croatia offer the best of this country’s incredible wine and food scene to international travellers since 2015.
The easiest way to get to the course is through our website. We will be running regular promotions to make sure we reach as many knowledge-hungry wine nerds as possible.