All photos by Croatian Premium Wine Imports, Inc.: from the Golden Valley to the most Eastern vineyard in Ilok, we were enjoying Slavonian hills while tasting wine and food, and loving interaction with people. “Nice to See You Slavonia” – we will be back! With Graševina representing one out every four vines in Croatia and being the most produced wine… Read more →
Category: #winelover
Update on our 10th #winelover Anniversary Greece/ Pre-Anniversary in Romania
Dear friends and fellow #winelover-s, We finally have the program outline, so those of you who are planning to come can make all the necessary arrangements. We will post more details again here and on www.linktr.ee/winelover, including costs and list of hotels where you can book your stay at special rates. The #winelover team, especially our friends from Greece, look… Read more →
It’s Official: #winelover Anniversary 2022 09-14 June in Greece!
A message from our @1winelover Luiz Alberto: “Dear friends and fellow #winelover-s, Today is a very special day. Not only because we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our community, which I founded on February 14th, 2012, but we also have the dates for our celebrations – which, due to C@vid, will take place in June this year. I just received the… Read more →
We have a new host country for our 10th #winelover anniversary!
Dear Friends and fellow #winelover s: we couldn’t be any happier to announce on behalf of the Greek ambassador of the #winelovercommunity – our dear friend @ted_lelekas – that we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of our community in Greece next year! Woohoo!! 🙏 🍷 🥂 😃 We still don’t have a program (or the dates), but the idea is… Read more →
We’re now also on Clubhouse!
It’s official – we’re now also on the audio-only social network #Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/%23winelover This is just an extra place for us to connect (also in times of restrictions for our beloved presential hangouts!). We are all set to be a great platform for our members to host some epic conversations, so join us in by searching for the #winelover… Read more →
events & hangouts
One of the nicest features of our community are the great possibilities of meeting nice people all over the world with a common purpose: talk, enjoy, live, learn, breath, everything wine! Whenever possible, we plan to have at least once a year a nonprofit “larger” #winelover family hangout, our famous “anniversaries”: Would you be interested in hosting one of our… Read more →
St. George and … Wine? A Croatian Perspective
St. George and … Wine? A Croatian Perspective By: Mirena Bagur The most famous legend of Saint George is of him slaying a dragon and liberating villagers from the ongoing harassment. In Croatia, this celebration is called Jurjevo — on April 23rd, people go to church for Jurjevo Proštenje. They pray for the Saint known to protect the farmers. … Read more →
Many of our friends in the wine tourism industry are in need now. Please give a helping hand!
My dear friends and fellow #winelover-s, At this point, we are all suffering (in different degrees) the disastrous effects of the Covid19 pandemic. But it’s hard to imagine anyone suffering more dire financial consequences than our friends in the wine tourism sector. All the work that they have now is to cancel tours and give full refunds to their customers…… Read more →
Komarna, Croatia – Plavac Mali’s latest kingdom
It’s good to reminisce a little about wine trips and looking back at notes and photos when some time has passed between the visit and writing of an article is one of the best ways to revisit. My visit with some other #winelovers to Komarna, Croatia’s newest wine region, right in the south of Dalmatia is no exception to… Read more →
Dr. Seuss and Wine: A Croatian Perspective
Dr. Seuss and Wine: A Croatian Perspective By: Mirena Bagur Ever since I started living in America, I’ve been fascinated by Dr. Seuss and his whimsical melody of syllables — while seemingly non-sensical, they make a lot of sense for learning. I should know. Because, even as a college-educated immigrant, English was still a second language to me, and… Read more →