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Harvest time in the New Mediterranean

September 2022


The time of harvesting has started again in the New Mediterranean. People from all over the world come to help the wineries of Croatia, Herzegovina and Montenegro with the harvesting of grapes from which the divine drink will soon be created. In the words of the writer Neel Burton: When you uncork a bottle of mature fine wine, what you are drinking is the product of a particular culture and tradition, a particular soil and exposure, a particular climate, the weather in that year, and the love and labour and life of people who may since have died.


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How it all started

Updated: Sep 24, 2023

Long ago somewhere on the hills of a small town along the Adriatic coast, on the Bay of Kotor. Here in Montenegrin Dalmatia, our family worked hard because the reward was a good meal, lots of wine and love. The production of our own "table wine" was made annually for personal use, for family and friends. It was a cuvée of the autochthonous grape varieties Plavka, Kadarun and Surac, all related to the Plavac Mali that is found in large scale in Kroatia. The harvest traditionally was in September when the sun was still bright in the sky. Fermentation took place in large, time-used barrels. The production was natural for that age and time and as long . Fermentation and storage was in large wooden barrels. One liter of seawater per 100 juice was used as a preservative. It was beautiful, inspiring and where my heart and soul lies, which is the foundation of what I now embody.



 
 
 

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