Wines of Croatia near The Dalmatian Coast

Croatia lays claim to one of the world’s oldest wine regions, with vineyards originally planted by The Ancient Greeks. Today David Kohl highlights Croatia’s Peljesac Peninsula, located on The Adriatic Sea across from Italy’s wine region of Puglia. The indigenous grapes of Peljesac Peninsula eventually migrated to Puglia and became known as Primitivo. When those regional Italians then brought their own vines to California during the 1800’s the grape varietal evolved into what we know today as Zinfandel. A point of interest is that Mike Grgich, a renowned Croatian-American winemaker who recently died at the age of 100, was the talent behind Chateau Montelena 1973 vintage Chardonnay that won Grand Prize at the Paris competition made famous in the movie Bottle Shock. #winevideo #croatianwine #indigenousgrapes #mikegrgich