Great topic – sending this to Croatian friends.

QOTD…. None!!!!

Gary, I just wanted to say thank you for all your great videos and help on this blog and your other blog.

Thank you again,
Daniel Kemp

Gary -THANKS for the Birthday shout out for my nephew Mark!! He LOVES watching your episodes!!!

QOTD: have had a few from Romania that were so so and a few from Croatia, but nothing that stood out…what a great find!

Your right, that would be an excellent placement for a restaurant wine list looking to expand into territory that other lists do not.

Never ever had any of these – will you have them there on Saturday??

Never ever had any of these – will you have them there on Saturday??

A white from Istria (Istra)? Nope, not usually a good idea. Slovonia is the home of pleasant whites. Istria is for CabSauv and Plavac!

QOTD — best Eastern European wine was a home made red field blend my wife’s uncle made (a farmer near Zagreb)

And GV — there are good bargains in Croatia if you can search them out!

Spent a week in Dubrovnik in 1984. Beautiful walled city built by the Venitians 1200 years ago. The streets (stone) in the walled city were shinyom the 1200 years of foot traffic (other than delivery and service vehicles, no moter traffic). Fabulous! In 1984, the wines, not so much.

QOTD: None that I considered good, but then again none for 24 years.

why is this a good day to comment hmmmm?! You already did the free shipping yesterday dude. I call shenanigans!!!

QOD: can’t remember the varietal but I did pick up a Hungarian red from WL last year for fun. I think it was a Vylyan zweigelt or pinot noir. Very acceptable.

ttyl GV!

why is this a good day to comment hmmmm?! You already did the free shipping yesterday dude. I call shenanigans!!!

QOD: can’t remember the varietal but I did pick up a Hungarian red from WL last year for fun. I think it was a Vylyan zweigelt or pinot noir. Very acceptable.

ttyl GV!

yo yo kickin it with Eastern Europe!!!!!!

QOTD: None! But you better let us know when the Plavic is available!

QOTD: None.

QOTD: None.

QOTD: none*

* I have 2 bottles of Greek red wine in the cellar (from WL) which I am allowing to age. Do they count?

QOTD: Never had one, I think. Too bad for me.

You can buy the Plavac from K&L wines here for $37: http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1031643

yea of course Croatia has good wines, its just across the Adriatic from Italy!

yo i got a leather box, that my grandpa kept his pipes and tobacco in, what a smell.

turned your back on the ustream peeps lol

just hope nothing happens to croatia like happened to georgia!

QOTD. i dont know what it was called or anything, but i have had commercial and home made wines and vodkas when i was in the Ukraine.

Groovy show! I liked that you seemed to slow down a little and spend a little more time with each wine. Lately it seems like you have been rushing through the shows a little bit. Of course, ya gotta get to the airport to see the Jets game!

QOTD – never had one, but as a huge zinfandel fan, I really want to find that Plavac. Seek it, stock it, and we will buy it!

QOTD: sadly, no!!! but certainly will look to try one!!

QOTD: None, but I totally want to try some.

Croatian hip-hop is badass, though. THAT I know.

If you care to give it a whirl:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-Croatian-Hip-Hop-Vol-1-MP3-Download/11175959.html

QOTD: Have never had an Eastern European wine, but was planning on trying one soon since I just bought a Georgian cookbook and have heard good things about the wines from there. Any plans for a show covering those?

Very interesting show and quite a surprising showing from Croatia (at least for me). Once again you have proved that we all must throw away those pre-conceived notions about wine – just taste it!! Awesome!

QOTD: I was tempted to answer, “None!”, but I did have three Slovenian wines at an international wine tasting event in Cleveland back in May. One of the whites had a nice acidity and I gave it 87 points (cannot recall the varietals involved) and a red blend I also gave 87 points. So they weren’t great, but they showed some promise.

Cool to see the GV so excited.
QOTD: None and at 35 bones, it might be a while yet

QOTD: Hmm… don’t think I’ve had a one. This one sounds interesting! Looks like a few places in California carry it. If I ever see one, I’ll pick it up.

David