More than two hundred distributers, wine buyers, sommeliers and media representatives have recently tasted Croatian wines at the first Wines of Croatia event held in London.

The initiators of the presentation of Croatian wines in the British capital were three recognized winemakers - Ivica Matošević, Ernest Tolj and Vlado Krauthaker - who, besides their own wines, selected and presented wines from other wine makers from Istria, Dalmatia and Slavonia. After a long day of wine tasting, the evening was reserved for some twenty influential London distributors, sommeliers and customers who were invited to a special dinner and presentation of three Croatian wine regions, where food was served with Matošević, Saints Hills and Krauthaker wines. The presentation of the Wines of Croatia is the first in a series of international wine events since the Coordination of Wine Associations and Family Wineries of Croatia was founded in September.The greatest emphasis in presenting Wines of Croatia was on Croatian indigenous sorts - Istrian Malvasia, Teran, Plavac Mali, Babić, Pošip and Graševina - wines that best reflect the locality and particularities of the regions.

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