Croatian wine

The oldest entirely hand-sewn boat in the Mediterranean is preparing for its next journey, after having sat undisturbed on Croatia's Adriatic seafloor for millennia. But this time the vessel, whose planks were actually sewn together, will travel by land to France for conservation.

Ljubljana – Slovenia will produce 10-15% less wine than last year, mostly due to the Dolenjska wine region being strongly affected by the spring frost. However, wine growers around the country report it has been an above-average year in terms of quality.

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Agriculture Ministry has temporarily protected Istrian honey under the Slovenian-Croatian brand Istrski med/Istarski med at the national level using a protected designation of origin, as Slovenia and Croatia have decided to submit a joint application to the European Commission to register the honey.

Bulgaria is ranked as the 13th best wine destination in the world by the British website lastminute.com by its Wine Travel Index.
Our country is ahead of Greece (# 14) and even Australia (# 15). New Zealand, which is also a popular wine region, remains only 18th.

But before us are countries like Cyprus, Chile, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia.

One of main objectives of 2019 Grand VINART Tasting, taking place 1 - 2nd of March, is to present the potential, variety and quality of wines from New Europe. In the wine world, it unites, in addition to Slovenia and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia and Serbia.

Croatia's parliament on Thursday was set to pass a new "special law", which is generally believed to have been designed to help the troubled private company Agrokor.

However, some opposition MPs insist the law will not help the company in the long term, or its smaller suppliers and employees, or the economy in general.

The government is preparing to discuss a proposed Law on Procedures for Extraordinary Management, which many see as way for the state to step in and help the troubled private giant Agrokor deal with its serious financial crisis.

Macedonia's Agriculture Ministry says it is mulling retaliatory measures against Croatian products if Zagreb fails to lift recent additional restrictions on Macedonian wine imports that has forced entire shipments to be delayed by long and expensive inspections.

The small and once neglected Croatian municipality of Stankovci - population 2,000 - is in line to get Croatia's first new airfield in decades, thanks to an ambitious mayor working with a big investor.

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KOPAONIK - Winterfest, a three-day wine, gastronomy and viticulture conference with an emphasis on wine tourism, kicked off on the Kopaonik mountain in southern Serbia on Thursday.