Croatian wine is shedding its rep as cheap plonk – here's why
Croatian wine is shedding its rep as cheap plonk – here's why (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) Croatia has an ideal climate for wine making, but lacks the reputation as a solid producer of premium bottles. For years its exports would feature in the bottom echelons of wine lists, labeled – mostly fairly – as cheap and cheerful plonk. But not any more. The UK’s first Croatian wine importer is run by two retired Lieutenant-Colonels, one from the British and the other from the US army. Blue Ice Wine UK co-founder Guy Denison-Smith was deployed to the Balkans in 1999 ...
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