Also, that restaurant I believe you mentioned was at the Animal Kingdom Lodge? Great place. Been there a couple times back when I worked for them at ESPN Zone. Had a couple retail conferences there.

WOW. I really hope you have Ian working hard to find that wine, I am calling around to see if anyone around here can get it… but I am feeling doubtful. Who knew?! I am on the hunt for Eastern European wines for sure.

QOTD: Never.

I’ve never had a Croatian wine and I doubt I’ll find one around here. Oh well.

hi, i’m from croatia,and i must say… you guys should definitivly try croatian wines!! someone stole our idea!! we wanted to send you a few bottles gary, of original croatian wines, still, happy that you got them even from someone else. Enjoy theeem. love from Mijo and Martina!!!

Never had an Eastern European wine, but glad to see you found such a winner. Great show!

I am really impressed by the show, the only Eastern European wines I had were from Ukraine and they were decent, I wish I could just remember what they were! At that time I was not really concerned with the brand or style, we were on spring break in Italy/Greece! Anyone have suggestions for Ukrainian wine let me know…the reds I drank three years ago were great!
Have a Terrific Day!
Jake

“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
~Edmund Burke

I think it was Egri Bikaver, also known as Bull’s Blood. (Hungary?)
Not all that good

QOTD: none 😉

tokjai (sp?) can’t spell it but i can drink it. cheers

QOTD: I’ve never had a Croatian wine. Would love to try one. How about hooking all us Vayniacs up?

Eddie Jones! I do believe he is still playing…for the Mavericks. A wine lover. Orders big-time Pinots and seems fairly knowledgeable about them. Beaux Freres, etc.

My father sent me a btl of Plantaze Vranac…the Reserve, no less (never heard of it). It is from Montenegro, south of Croatia. Had to check the Wine Atlas to find the place. You know, Mike (Miljenko) Grgich is from this part of the world. He made the famous Cht Montelena Chardonnay – winner of the famous 1976 Paris Tasting. Although he was never mentioned in the current movie, Bottle Shock.

i was jumping from joy when you announced a croatian wine episode since i live there 🙂 i was also a bit worried you’d get only continental wines, a problem which you adressed: quantity not quality, you really have to dig to find fine Gra?evina

i was completely blown away by your reaction to the Plavac wine, i knew its top quality (never drank it cause its pricey) but i didn’t expect you’d flip out on it 😛

unfotunately you got a bad Malvazija since the bottles i drank were quite fine and not at all as the one you had. to be honest i’m starting to kinda dig it more than the red wines

here’s hoping for another croatian episode

QOTD best EE wine i ever had would be Dinga? (also from the Plavac grape which is actually a cross between Zinfandel and an autonomous sort called Dobri?i?)

QOTD:
NONE, NOTTA,…… GV, way to bring the passion.

As addressed before, Eastern European wines are hard to get around here outside of Greek and Tokaji. Unfortunately, our small pocket immigrant communities just don’t get enough demand to get the distributors’ attention. QOTD: Best ever was a Tokaji, but as far as regular non-dessert, I had an interesting and surprisingly complex Zilavka from Hercegovina. A nice little white wine that evolved considerably in the glass. Georgian wines are examples that are probably more readily available because of their interesting ceramic bottles.

I tryed Mihalj and Plavac and both are great and Mihalj-grasevina price/quality is great!

QOTD: No Croatian wines.

Fascinating show thanks.

QOTD: none … sorry

Andrew

We will try to send you some slovenian vines if possibile! Soon! You’ll see the devil than!!

Finding that Plavac is just one reason the journey is so wothwhile.

QOTD – I have had some good wines when in Hungary and The Czech Republic. I can’t remember what they were, but there were a number of different grapes and styles.

QOTD…I can now say I’ve had the Zlatan Plavac Mali that you tried on the show. I found a few bottles here in SoCal. Seriously good…worth the search.

QOTD: none

But with all of the Greek wines out there, and with GVs enthusiasm for them, I’m going to have to seek some out. Gotta try new flavors – just gotta.

No eastern European wines for me yet! I’ll keep an eye out for that last one though!

I’m so excited right now! I gotta get me some of that! Although… how!? I’ll figure it out.

QOTD: None