Fine Wine from Croatia and Croatian Chamber of Commerce have organized together a promotion of Croatian wines in London in the Intercontinental Hotel. Croatia was presented by some 20 winemakers and more than 70 wines from all parts of the country.
There were more than 100 press and trade attendees, including:
31 press and broadcasters
24 sommeliers and HoReCa
21 importers
15 consultants and educators
4 independent and multiple retailers
Just to name the few important names: Steven Spurrier, Jo Ahearne from Marks& Spencer, Julia Harding from Jancis Robinson team, etc.
Some comments on the event:
“The venue was great, and I had the opportunity to taste some very interesting wines. I would have liked to have seen even more diverse indigenous varietals”
“I really enjoyed it –there were some delicious and original things. Thank you.”
“The masterclass made it clear for me that Croatia’s strength is outstanding dessert wines”
“Grasevina can excel in the right hands. Saints Hill stood out for me”
“Croatian Wine Tasting @ the Intercontinental. Some SUPER wines!! Brilliant Whites, Killer Reds & Luscious Desserts. Look out for them!!!”
Fine Wine of Croatia, a collective comprising around thirty of Croatia’s top wine producers, and supported by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce and Ministry of Agriculture, will bring its wines to London on 25th May 2010. This marks Croatia’s first generic drive in the UK, and will follow extensive activity at the London International Wine Fair the previous week.
The Fine Wine of Croatia tasting will showcase around fifty wines from thirty of the country’s leading producers, aiming to introduce the UK wine trade to the diverse range of wine styles which Croatia has to offer, and explore export potential. The wines at the tasting have been selected to represent the best examples of Croatian wine production, and are predominantly aimed at the premium on-trade and independent sectors.
Time: 10am-5pm Venue: Cookbook Café at The Intercontinental, One Hamilton Place, London W1J7QY
The first World Wine Symposium dubbed as the “Davos of Wine” was held in luxurious Villa d’Este in Italy end of October 2009. The idea of organising one of the industry key events comes from Francois Mauss, president of the Grand Jury Europeen. His initiative was supported by the owners of five top ranking wine estates whom Mauss now calls the symposium’s godfathers. They are Alain Vauthier (Chateau Ausone), Angelo Gaja (Gaja), Egon Muller (Weingut Egon Muller), Aubert de Villaine (Domaine de la Romanee-Conti) and Pablo Alvarez (Vega Sicilia).
Besides there were around 250 wine professionals that came to the event from as far as Singapore, USA, Canada, India, etc. Not only winemakers were there, but also wine investment fund managers, physicists, a representative of the French Ministry of Agriculture and even an opera singe, with important wine personalities such as Joel Payne, Michel Bettane, Olivier Humbrecht , Elin McCoy, Stephane Derenoncourt.
After the successful organization of the first FW Croatia in July 2009, Croatia has got an invitation to take part in the exclusive first international forum on the excellence of wine, that will take place at Villa d’Este in Northern Italy from October 30th to November 2nd 2009. With the official name World Wine Symposium and unofficially called The Davos of Wine, to link it to the World Economic Forum.
Wine personalities from the entire world will gather to share opinions, successes, doubts, analyses, experiences and visions for the uncertain future of the world of wine of the 21st century. It will consist of both informal meetings and more formal seminars on current issues of the trade as wine & economy, ecology, the media’s influence on the global trade, new technology & wine, and how we can create synergies across the global wine trade to all stand stronger and better prepared to meet the challenges of the future.
Croatia was invited by the organizers to prepare the lunch on the 1st of November during which top Croatian wines will be presented and before the event there will be a tasting of Croatian wines.
Croatian Chamber of Commerce will be the partner in the event, which is fully supported also by the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Agriculture.
