Master Class with Italian sommelier Roberto Lepori will be held in Jelsa on June 09 at 11 AM at Grand Ballroom of the Municipality Hall of Jelsa on Hvar Island.
Book your place on info@hvar-otok-vina.org or +385 981606276 and discover the uniqness of the tastes of the indigenous wines of the emblematic communities of Croatia and Italy thet represent Mediterranean Diet in UNESCO protection.
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The cleverness and the awareness of being unique. Stories of heroic winemakers and of sublime flavors of the Mediterranean
Wines of Hvar
Bogdanjuša 2017 Carić
Beleca 2017 (Pošip, Bogdanuša) Tomić
Rosina 2015 (Drnekuša)
Plavac de Lux 2010 OPZ Svirče
Grand Cru 2010 (Plavac mali) Zlatan Otok
Wines of Brač
Pošip 2017 Stina
Wines of Cilento
Falanghina & Ceraso (Aglianico) SAN SALVATORE 1988
Roberto Lepori is Sommelier (Associazione Italiana Sommelier), International Wine & Food Journalist, Wine and Spirit Judge and Wine and Food Comunication Specialist
09:00 – 12:30 Ministry of Culture: THE 8TH INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF THE SEVEN COUNTRIES FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET/ Stari Grad Town Library and Reading Room/ Stari Grad
19:00 Visit to the Jelsa Municipal Museum and a guided tour of Jelsa, meeting at the Veli Most (where the catamaran moors)/ Jelsa
20:00 Oenogastro evening: Bonkulović & Hvar Wine Tastings / New riva in Jelsa
After tasting the Hvar (Festival Hvar Otok Vina- 11.05.2018. Hvar – Hotel Amfora) white wines from wineries, members of the Hvar Winemakers Association, primarily Bogdanusa, we were left with superb impressions.The winemakers skills and knowledge, use of more and more modern technology, and above all their hard work, resulted in wine styles that we have been long waiting and hoping for.
Wines from the 2017 harvest have shown us liveliness and freshness of expression, delicate, clean aromas, and great balance in the taste.
VINA CARIĆ – BOGDANJUŠA
ZLATAN OTOK – PLENKOVIĆ: ZLATAN BOGDANUŠA
VINA TOMIĆ – BELECA
VUJNOVIĆ – PRČ
OPĆA POLJOPRIVREDNA ZADRUGA SVIRČE: BOGDANUŠA
JO AHEARNE – WILD SKINS
BRAČA PLANČIĆ – AGER
Bogdanusa as a sort is the ideal wine for summer refreshment on the sunny island of Hvar, perfectly suited for the terroir, protecting the wine acids in the grapes, which gives both resistance to draught and also freshness in the resulting wine. Even a variety like posip has difficulty surviving in these critical conditions.
We had the opportunity to experience a further, large step forward with two of the wines, which proved the stories from winemakers of old, that the Bogdanusa grape is capable of creating “great wines”. Wines with mighty bodies and a long life, during which they keep developing. Wines of long lasting tastes leaving strong, deep impressions.
In other words, Hvar wines are as contemporary as they come.
Mario Meštrović
Sommelier with international A.S.I.diploma-GOLD certificate
Hvar is the island of wine, its beautiful landscape is shaped by the vineyards.
Indigenous varieties are grown in the Hvar Wine Region such as Plavac mali, Bogdanuša, Prč, Darnekuša, Pošip, and many more.
Its long history of winemaking began more than 24 centuries ago, and has marked the life of the islanders. The festival “Hvar otok vina” – Hvar, Island of Wine will be held on May 10 & 11 in Hvar town to celebrate this long tradition of winemaking on the Island as a part of the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of organised tourism on Hvar.
PROGRAME
Thursday 10.05.2018. 20:30 h ARSENAL – HVAR TOWN
Wine & live music
While you enjoy tasting our wines, Hvar’s rising star, young Dino Petrić will sing for you
Dino Petrić
Friday 11.05.2018. 11:00h Hotel RIVA (Sunčani Hvar) – HVAR TOWN
Master classes – reservation on e-mail: info@hvar-otok-vina.org (limited number of places)
Mario Meštrović – Technology- Knowledge- Freshness in Dalmatian white wines
Mario Meštrović
Mario Meštrović is a Croatian sommelier with an International ASI Diploma – Golden Certificate and Diploma of Croatian Sommelier Club (Hrvatski Sommelier Klub)
Wine judge: Decanter World Wines Awards, London, IceWine du Monde 2012, 2013, 2018, 2014. Maribor Sommelier selection 2015. Muvina, Slovakia 2012. 2013.
2015. 2016. 2017. 2018. Vinař Roku, Prag, (The best winemaker of the year)
Czech Republic 2015. 2016. Salon of sparkling wines, Slovenia 2018.
This Master Class will describe white wines produced on the island, both monovarietal and blends, of varieties such as Bogdanuša , Prč, Pošip, Maraština, from the cellars of Tomić, Carić, PZ Svirče. Brača Plančić, Vujnović and Zlatan Otok-Plenković.
Bartolomeo Roberto Lepori – Plavac Mali: the noble son of a royal vine that crossed the oceans: Tribidrag/Primitivo/Zinfandel
Roberto Lepori is an Italian sommelier, wine journalist (La Cucina Italiana, Papageno, Vitae and others) and a wine judge: Città del Vino “La Selezione del Sindaco” in Italy; Franciacorta in Villa in Italy; Sangiovese Purosangue contest in Italy; International Wine Challange in England; The Michelangelo Wine and Spirit Awards in South Africa; International Wine Competition “Southern Russia” in Russia; BeoWine in Serbia; Montevino Competition in Montenegro; RoWine in Romania; Balkan International Wine Competition in Bulgaria, and others.
Roberto Lepori
Roberto often works with Network Television on the themes of food, and wine and has produced and interpreted documentary films on tourism and travel.
This Master Class will decribe the fascinating story of the history of Plavac Mali and its ancestors, that traveled across the Adriatic sea and far away across the ocean.
Thanks to a collaboration with Assoenologi sezione Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria (National Association of the Enologists and Enotechnicians of Italy) we will have the opportunity to taste some of the best Primitivo wines that represent different terroirs of the Apulia region:
Soc. Agricola POLVANERA di Filippo Cassano & C. APOLLONIO CANTOLIO TORREVENTO and Croatian Tribidrag or Crljenak from Zlatan Otok – Plenković, as the introduction to the story of Plavac mali of our members : Tomić, Carić, Pz Svirče, Brača Plančić.
Important anniversaries in 2018
160th anniversary of the meteorological station on Hvar, one of the oldest in Europe and the 160th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of dactyloscopy, Ivan Vucetic of Hvar.
The festival is organised by the Hvar Winemakers’ Association in collaboration with the Tourist Board and Hvar Town, and sponsors Sunčani Hvar Hotels & Assoenologi.
23.08.2016. – Tuesday – Hvar Wine Tastings at the Festival “Gušti od Škoja” in Vrboska
On Thursdays – Hvar Wine Tastings in Jelsa
The Hvar Wine Tastings are events organized by Hvar Winemakers’ Association and (TZ) of the Island (TZ Općine Jelsa, TZ Stari Grad, TZ Vrboska). During these events we were meeting various interesting people from the world of wine. In addition to this nice music accompanied the events and it naturally created great vibes and celebratory mood among the people. Our guests tremendously enjoyed our wines and enthusiastically talked to each other.
In this way many guests, tourists and other winelovers meet new friends including the Hvar winemakers. We are truly honoured to have hosted a lot of wine writers, bloggers, winemakers, wine distributors and other winelovers at these events. This type of interaction and engagement made us feel very special and we are looking forward to continue working in this way and promoting our island of wine in the future!
Dušan Jelić (Wines of Balkans), Alen Gulan (Vino u sridu), Diedrik Swart & Mario Pranić (Croatiangrapes), Boris Mucina (Meiningers Sommelier Magazine), Marco Trasente (Wine Fredane) are just some of the wine friends that we met this summer…
The President Ivana Krstulović Carić and Boris Mucina, Austrian wine writer JELSA
Marco Trasente (Wine Fredane – Italy) meets Jo Ahearne our new member. Jo Ahearne is a Master of Wine and the consultant for a lots of wineries around the world. She is producing her own wine on Hvar. JELSA
Marco Trasente at the stand of Vina Carić JELSA
PLANČIĆ WINERY – Magdalena Plančić presents the wines , while Antun Plančić is making new wine-friendships JELSA
Talking to Marija Bunčuga from PZ Svirče STARI GRAD
Ljubo Makjanić from Vina Carić talks to Chloé Molina Badillo the owner of the Delicatessen Shop ZA POD ZUB in Stari Grad STARI GRAD
Dejana Jelić (Wines of Balkans) Kristina Karanović (Serbian sommelier) Dušan Jelić (Wines of Balkans) SVIRČE
Svirče 4.7.2016. The night of Bogdanuša. Beautiful site for the performance “Nunc est bibendum” of Cerealia and Klapa Veli Kamik concert. Of course with the glass of Bogdanuša in your hand.
Find out more about Bogdanuša, the indigenous grape of Hvar Island. The workshop will be guided by Siniša Koceić and Alen Gulan ( Vino u Sridu). 19 h.
Bogdanuša as an light, crispy wine ideal for the summertime.
After that join us on Pjaca ( the Square) in Svirče and enjoy traditional a capella singing of Klapa Veli Kamik, wine tasting and performance “Nunc est bibendum” of Cerealia.
The workshop will take place in the winery PZ Svirče – Poljoprivredna Zadruga Svirče ( Svirče ). Places 20. Registration info@hvar-otok-vina.org or +385(0)981606276 (Ivana Krstulović Carić).
Monday, 04.07.2016. – SVIRČE
19:00 in winery PZ Svirče
Story about bogdanuša, workshop guided by Vino u Sridu – registration on tel: 00385 981606276 / e-mail: info@hvar-otok-vina.org
21:00 PJACA
Opening of the festival THE NIGHT OF BOGDANUŠA & concert of klapa Veli Kamik Performance „Nunc est bibendum“ (We have to drink now) – Festival Cerealia – Rome
