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Cricket Island – Vis, Croatia
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In a valley on an Island, six almost cricket teams gather around the vineyards for the VIS – the Vis International Sixes, a Cricket tournament enjoyed with a liberal sampling of the local vino, multiple helpings of regional delicacies, and some sunburn along the blue Adriatic. There’s an interesting mix of Croatian and English around [...]
Really Short Notes from a Wine Tasting Weekend in Istria
- Wine tasting weekend is just a fancy way of saying I’m getting wasted this weekend. I like it.
- I’m off to Istria with the Brava Wine Company, run by the lovely April. She’s a smart cookie; she has made drinking wine a career. I’m paying attention.
- Istria is gorgeous. All the delicious wine they make here is just the boozy icing on the cake.
- Making good wine is about a combination of things – passion, dedicated effort, luck, weather. Drinking good wine is just common sense.
- At some point it comes down to taking note or drinking more wine; more wine always wins.
- April pulls out notes of dried plum. Someone else on the table tastes violets. I stick with what I know – “oh yum!”
- Each time I pour out the wine, my glass get refilled. This is by far my most favourite magic trick.
- Mixing wines is actually a fantastic idea.
- Wine tasting = no hangover. Eureka!
- When you come back with more alcohol than clothes in your bag, you know you’ve done something right.
Istrian Bottles of Wine
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Spring is nudging into Croatia, clearing the sky, painting it blue, much like the sea. The season is still a few months away. Soon these shores will fill up with human clutter, but for now it’s just us, the lapping waves and the fat gulls. I am here to explore the Istrian wine trail, along with [...]
Remember the Shoes
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