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Crljenak Kaštelanski, the original Zinfandel, now a certified grape in...
Almost 200 years after the Zinfandel wine grapes arrived in America via the Austrian Imperial Nursery, the almost extinct Dalmatian grape and original Zinfandel Crljenak Kaštelanski has arrived in...
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Dossier Zinfandel: Zinfandel’s Origins Demystified
Discussion panel after the screening of Dossier Zinfandel: Dr Carole Meredith (right), David Gates from Ridge Vineyards (left), and Yountville former mayor in red. Last thursday was the premiere...
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Crljenak Kaštelanski — Discovering Zinfandel’s Croatian Roots
The Mrčevlje vineyard above the village of Cavtat where the Dubrovački Crljenak Kaštelanski grows. It is a very exciting time to be a student of wine. DNA fingerprinting has led to many new...
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Blue Danube, Selling Croatia’s Original Zinfandel in California
Blue Danube sales manager Stetson Robbins at Croatian wine tasting in New York With its 130 indigenous grape varieties — including the original Zinfandel — Croatian wine is attracting interest around...
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An Interview with Jasenka Piljac Zegarac, author of “Zinfandel: A...
Author Jasenka Piljac Žegarac A group of Blue Danubians are preparing a trip to Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast around the middle of April. As we started to put together our agenda we realized we should make...
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25 Things to Know About Croatian Wine
Vineyards along the Dalmatian Coast Can you list 25 things that you know about Croatian wine? If you’re not sure but love the wines, Total Croatia New has compiled a fascinating list. Here is #1: 1....
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In search of Zinfandel’s Croatian roots: Crljenak Kaštelanski
Marion Podolski is an artist and a blogger at Go Hvar. She and her husband Zdravko helped organize some of our producer visits while we were in Dalmatia last April. With her permission, we are...
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“I am Tribidrag” Conference
One of the original Crljenak Kastelanski vines identified in 2001 as genetically identical to American Zinfandel Jancis Robinson’s logic in deciding that Tribidrag should be the prime name of the grape...
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Balkan Wine Box
Miloš vineyards in the Pelješac Peninsula As you drive up and down the Croatian coast and up into the Karst ridden hinterlands of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is one constant smell: the combination of...
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