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Further Recognition Of The Standard Of The Wines From The Island Of Hvar Was Provided At The 21st Sabatina Global Wine Holiday In Zadar On Saturday Nov 5, 2011, As The Island’s Leading Producer Zlatan Otok Took 1st Prize For Both The Red And White Wine Categories.
There had been more awareness for the wines from Hvar at Sabatina 2011 in Zadar, as Zlatan Plenkovic’s Zlatan Otok wines win top prize for both red and white.
Further recognition of the quality of the wines from the island of Hvar was provided at the 21st Sabatina global wine festival in Zadar on Saturday November five, 2011, as the island’s leading producer Zlatan Otok took 1st prize for the red and white wine classes.
Zlatan Otok, First Winner of Best Wine for Both Red and White
The winery, owned by Zlatan Plenkovic and based mostly on the southern side of Croatia’s sunniest island in the picturesque town of Sveta Nedjelja, won best red wine with its 2008 Zlatan Plavac Grand Cru, while the winning white wine was the 2010 Zlatan Posip. It was the first time in Sabatina’s 21-year history that both classes were won by the same producer.
During a tiny rite before the official awards, Plenkovic told reporters that he was very proud of the awareness for the white Posip, according to a brief in Zadarski List. Its vineyards are located near Makarska and are only five years in age , and he was pleased to be in a position to produce such an award winning wine from a young vineyard without the use of synthetic fertilisers.
Arrival of Croatian Wines on the World Scene
Croatian wines have been comparatively unusual on the world scene, but things are moving on fast. The art of wine-growing on Hvar dates back to the coming of the Ancient Greeks in latter-day Stari Grad, and the adjoining Stari Grad Plain – under UNESCO protection – is the biggest cultivated field on the Adriatic, with wine and olive production continuing uninterrupted for twenty-four centuries.
After a fatal phylloxera attack in the first half of the 20 th Century and a dearth of framework during the Communist age, Croatian wines are starting to take the global wine world by force, with some sixty five Croatian wines winning awards at the 2011 Decanter Wine Awards, for instance.
The Wine Producers of Hvar
Leading the way is Plenkovic himself, the sole producer of a Grand Cru in Croatia. A quick peek at the awards page on the Zlatan Otok internet site gives an indication of the world pedigree of the winery’s wines. Not that Plenkovic is the sole quality producer on Hvar ; the wines of Andro Tomic in Jelsa, Vinarija Caric in Svirce, the Plancic winery in Vrbanj, and the mercurial reds of Ivo Dubokovic in Jelsa are all worth looking for.
One of the finest ways of doing this (and seeing the island at the same time) is by taking one of the glorious wine tours offered by local travel pros like Secret Hvar or Hvar Excitement. Expect to hear a lot more on the wines from Croatia in general and Hvar in particular in the approaching months,writes tagza.com.
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