A Croatian Wine Tasting

A Croatian Wine Tasting – Episode #553

October 7, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk Tastes 2 Whites and a Red from Croatia.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Vivoda Malvazija
2006 Kutjevo Mihalj Graevina
2004 Zlatan Otok Plavac Mali

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October 8, 2008

robnmo
Tokai, is the only Eastern European wine I can think of, that I have had.
October 8, 2008

Scott
QOTD: No eastern European wines for me, yet. Another killer show Gary.
October 8, 2008

BobZ
None, but will try the Plavac Mali if you get it in.
October 8, 2008

Giuliano
Croatia is not eastern european. Being born there I had great wine, you was seling Skaramuca Dingac Croatian Red at one time. It would be great if you could cary some of the wines so that I dont have to go to Astoria or in NYC to get some of those Istria and Island wines.
October 8, 2008

Justin L. Ove
QOTD: haven’t had any Croatian wines, but your description reminded me of a Fatalone Reserve Primitivo I had recently. Awesome stuff.
October 8, 2008

Darko
Finally GV, after a year watching WLT, which changed my wineworld, you got me leave a comment.
I had a bottle Zlatan Plavac Grand Cru 2004, unfortunately I had it too early, it was a bit harsh, but I kept another and will open it probably this year. The white wines of enjingi.hr are outstanding, especially the cuvée. Great show!
October 8, 2008

Lana, Nino, Luka
Hi from Croatia!
Thanks for the great show! We were totally taken off guard (both excited and scared) seeing croatian wines put to sniffy-sniff & whirl action. All the more since the two whites are quite anonymous even in croatian terms.
Hope you’ll continue to explore our wine scene!
October 8, 2008

Zane
If greece is not in eastern europe, how can croatia be??
I understand that you compare continental croatia to hungary… but Hvar, man, is in the heart of mediterranean…
October 8, 2008

A. Panda
Great show Gary. Love the shows with wines from countries other than the norms.

QOTD: None yet
October 8, 2008

Brian Russ
Wayman Tisdale may not have been that good of a basketball player, but he turned out to be a pretty damn good Jazz bassist. You should listen to some of his stuff off the album Hang Time, really good stuff. I have it in my car right now.
October 8, 2008

Fred Liu
QOTD?it is time to say “none” to support this NICE discovery.:)

YEah, like it!
October 8, 2008

Zinfreak
I’m definitely interested in giving that last wine a try!

Thanks Gary for expanding our minds!
October 8, 2008

ante-vegas
thank you Gary again,would love to give you some more croatian wines in future if you want,just let me know!
i knew it that will bring some thunder!
October 8, 2008

medo
Argh – the first time I’ve had to say : none!

I need to change this!
October 8, 2008

OSCAR FALCON LARA
QOTD: the only eastern European wine I’ve had is a Tokai, and it was delicious. I’ve seen Czech wine at the local wine merchant and have had yearning to buy it and try it out but so far haven’t had any other wine from the region.

Will look for the Zlatan Otok though…
October 8, 2008

Paul V
QOTD: Other than Vodka (which in itself I’m not all that familiar with) I’m not at all versed with Eastern Europe. I shall seek out and document such.

Great show, you always learn something every day
October 8, 2008

Hido53
Gary -

QOTD: Can’t recollect having many in the past. I do have a Tokaji Furmint (from the WineLib) that I’ll be tasting with friends, hopefully soon.
Very good show! Nice detailed tasting observation and even a “Us guys like melons” comment, with a straight face even!
October 8, 2008

Augustus
I have not had many Eastern European wines. But I’ve had a few, here and there. The best, and this is kind of sad, but true – was a Rose from Bulgaria – called No Man’s Land. I got it for four bucks at Trader Joe’s. Pretty decent fruit with nice acid and not too hot. It was good porch wine. I’d like to seek out others, though. I’m always in search of bargains.
October 8, 2008

aaronb
QOTD: The only eastern European wine I’ve had was a Tokaji Aszú (I think it was 5 puttonyos) a few years back. It tasted fine, but was a bit too perfumy for me.
October 8, 2008

jsrassat
Egri Bikavér is the only one I’ve ever tasted. I enjoyed and, and now I’m really looking to seek some out.
October 8, 2008

Blake
QOTD: Makedonikos Tsantali from Macedonia.

By the way Gary, any plans for Chinese wines on the Thunder Show?
October 8, 2008

NickJW
QOTD: I’ve never had an eastern European wine, but now I can’t wait to try one.
October 8, 2008

dz
Gary, my father spent the first 16 yrs. of his life on the beautiful,unspoiled island of Hvar and my mother’s parents were from the nearby island of Vis so it’s nice to hear your excitement for this wine!
October 8, 2008

Scott - Boston
My brother-in-law is Polish. I’ve had some Polish wine. Not great at all, but since he’s a great guy I’ve always enjoyed drinking them with him.

btw, I’m happy for you with your reaction to the last wine here. sounds like it would’ve made your book if you’d found it earlier.

Scott – Boston
October 8, 2008

Geoff
Never had an eastern European wine before. But you’ve inspired me to do so!
Cheers!