On the sloped terrain of the Golac hills, above Krnjevo there settles a natural course of warm air that vineyards have setup to absorb into their process. For centuries vineyards have been planted to face the south-east to absorb the first rays of the morning sun and the unique air conditions. Radovanovic family came from generations of local wine producers and in 1990 they consolidated themselves to produce what the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture has declared "wine of the highest possible quality".
High and well earned regard for each of it's Chardonnays, Cabernet Sauvignons, Rhine Rieslings, Muscat and Rose's.
Rhine Riesling
This exceptional wine, elegant and full, a fascinating yellowish green colour and dignified, refined extra dry taste, with a pleasing aroma and agreeable bouquet, has found itself especially honoured in the vineyards and the winery of the Radovanovic Cellar.
Friday, 20 February 2009
Navip Celler
Navip are a front line producer of a variety of red, white, rose, sparkling and semi sparkling wines nationally and internationally. Navip commands around twelve hundred hectares of vineyards across prominent regions such as Fruska Gora, Nis, Sumadija and around the Southern Morava River. Their sheer size has allowed them to bring each wine forward into the new millennium and as such they are in constant receipt of well-earned medals.
Navip's sales to the United Kingdom topped around two million liters per year.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Cabernet Sauvignon aged in oak, this classic tasting Cabernet Sauvignon is a full-bodied, ruby red coloured wine with a delicate raspberry bouquet and a subtle pepper finish. Rich in texture, this wine pairs with grilled or roasted meats, hearty stews and fully flavored sharp cheeses.
RIESLING FRUSKA GORA
This refreshing off dry white wine has crisp green fruit aromas and a zingy freshness on the palate. Drink it on its own or with salads, pasta, Asian and oriental cuisine.
MUSCAT OTTONEL
The Muscat Ottonel grape variety gives this white wine its stunning, intense grape and raisin aroma. It is light bodied and dry on the palate. Drink this wine as a thirst quencher or as an aperitif or as easy accompaniment to light meals.
This wine is sold in top London restaraunts and bars such as The Bengal Clipper group, Glass House and about to be taken on by Carvaso and Langans Brasserie group.
CHATEAU RIESLING
This well crafted Riesling is clean and delicate on the nose. The wine is lightish in body, has moderate alcohol and is just off dry.
Plebty here to explore the sences.
Drink it on its own or see how it complements some of the milder Asian and oriental dishes.
Navip's sales to the United Kingdom topped around two million liters per year.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Cabernet Sauvignon aged in oak, this classic tasting Cabernet Sauvignon is a full-bodied, ruby red coloured wine with a delicate raspberry bouquet and a subtle pepper finish. Rich in texture, this wine pairs with grilled or roasted meats, hearty stews and fully flavored sharp cheeses.
RIESLING FRUSKA GORA
This refreshing off dry white wine has crisp green fruit aromas and a zingy freshness on the palate. Drink it on its own or with salads, pasta, Asian and oriental cuisine.
MUSCAT OTTONEL
The Muscat Ottonel grape variety gives this white wine its stunning, intense grape and raisin aroma. It is light bodied and dry on the palate. Drink this wine as a thirst quencher or as an aperitif or as easy accompaniment to light meals.
This wine is sold in top London restaraunts and bars such as The Bengal Clipper group, Glass House and about to be taken on by Carvaso and Langans Brasserie group.
CHATEAU RIESLING
This well crafted Riesling is clean and delicate on the nose. The wine is lightish in body, has moderate alcohol and is just off dry.
Plebty here to explore the sences.
Drink it on its own or see how it complements some of the milder Asian and oriental dishes.
Kovacevic Celler
Kovacevic winery is centuries steeped in grapevine nurture and wine production. At the turn of the millennium the Kovacevic Winery celebrated by founding a new wine cellar updated with the more modern tools and equipment. The winery opened the new cellar to its sloping vineyards on the mountains of Fruska Gora and the combination has propelled Kovacevic winery to being one of the regular exhibitors on world wine stage.
CHARDONNAY
This excellent Chardonnay is deep gold in colour. The fruit aromas on the nose are ripe and exotic, with complex cream and butterscotch notes present as well. The palate is rich and full bodied. Drink this big juicy Chardonnay with pork, chicken or salmon.
What can one add other then a must!
CHARDONNAY
This excellent Chardonnay is deep gold in colour. The fruit aromas on the nose are ripe and exotic, with complex cream and butterscotch notes present as well. The palate is rich and full bodied. Drink this big juicy Chardonnay with pork, chicken or salmon.
What can one add other then a must!
Jovic Celler
Jovic Winery vineyards in Portkanje have been nurturing and growing Chardonnay, Rhine Riesling, Vranac and Muscat Hamburg grapes since 1987. Ask any of the people making this magic happen about specific details for the harvesting and storing and you soon find out that it's all a bit of a secret! What we have been able to divulge is that it is a combination of a hundred years of fine tradition; maturation in oak barrels and that secret that hides behind these viniers pursed lips.
VRANAC
This grape is considered to be the next new In top quality wine by Jovic. Both TV Chef Keith Floyd and Top wine Master Mr Jonathan Pedley marked this wine as future of new wine styles in the United Kingdom
This mid-full bodied red wine is wonderfully complex on the nose, showing dark fruit, spice and oak aromas. It is perfect as an accompaniment to grilled or roast meats and game.
VRANAC
This grape is considered to be the next new In top quality wine by Jovic. Both TV Chef Keith Floyd and Top wine Master Mr Jonathan Pedley marked this wine as future of new wine styles in the United Kingdom
This mid-full bodied red wine is wonderfully complex on the nose, showing dark fruit, spice and oak aromas. It is perfect as an accompaniment to grilled or roast meats and game.
To the ends of the Earth (Do kraja sveta)
"To The Ends Of The World" winery began its journey in 2006 on a resurging renaissance wave of wine curiosity. Their mission has been to assert themselves on the growing market with their own fine brand of wines produced from an attentive level of purpose and care in production.
In their own words:"We are contemporaries of a renaissance of the wine industry in Serbia, a renaissance set in motion by a restored Serbian love towards good wine. Our "Young Moon" (both red and white) with the "Chance" will provide the "To The Ends of The World" cellar with the perfect answer to the needs of the local consumers and to a certain degree the needs of the numerous foreign visitors to our country that rightfully expect a wine produced according to European standards but with a strong, expressive authentic local character."Share a bottle with a friend and together explore taste "To The Ends Of The World".
The Chance (Sansa) Chardonnay 06
An extremely aromatic wine, with a pleasant tropical aroma (melon, banana and mandarin) with a little bit of a citrus character.
Well chilled, it can be sipped as an aperitif, accompanies all pastas, and goes down well with meals based around white meat and sweet water fis
Young Red Moon
Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 05.
At first glance its deep, darkly red bordeaux colour indicates another extravagant wine, and the movement in the glass indicates its fullness.
And the aroma is a story on to itself; Cabernet dominates, a very mature aroma combining black currant with black berries, with a subtle, darkly discrete almost chocolate taste that’s contributed by the Merlot.
The wine is primarily a fruity one, with a mixed oak tone that adds vanilla to a rich aftertaste; essentially a modern wine, very close in character to the wines of the new world.
In their own words:"We are contemporaries of a renaissance of the wine industry in Serbia, a renaissance set in motion by a restored Serbian love towards good wine. Our "Young Moon" (both red and white) with the "Chance" will provide the "To The Ends of The World" cellar with the perfect answer to the needs of the local consumers and to a certain degree the needs of the numerous foreign visitors to our country that rightfully expect a wine produced according to European standards but with a strong, expressive authentic local character."Share a bottle with a friend and together explore taste "To The Ends Of The World".
The Chance (Sansa) Chardonnay 06
An extremely aromatic wine, with a pleasant tropical aroma (melon, banana and mandarin) with a little bit of a citrus character.
Well chilled, it can be sipped as an aperitif, accompanies all pastas, and goes down well with meals based around white meat and sweet water fis
Young Red Moon
Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 05.
At first glance its deep, darkly red bordeaux colour indicates another extravagant wine, and the movement in the glass indicates its fullness.
And the aroma is a story on to itself; Cabernet dominates, a very mature aroma combining black currant with black berries, with a subtle, darkly discrete almost chocolate taste that’s contributed by the Merlot.
The wine is primarily a fruity one, with a mixed oak tone that adds vanilla to a rich aftertaste; essentially a modern wine, very close in character to the wines of the new world.
Aleksandrovic Wines
ALEKSANDROVIC CELLER:
Aleksandrovic Cellar utilizes 40 hectares of vineyards for the production of it's high quality grape wines. Quality is primary in its mission and it is that which sets the Aleksandrovic Cellar as a wine brand leader both in Serbia and abroad. Aleksandrovic Cellar has been touted by the eminent Swiss magazine Vinim as the leader of a new wave of Eastern European wineries.
A little on the Expensive side of the price list but well worth a taste for those that can afford the better things in life.
Aleksansrovic wines are amongst Europe's top quality wines exciting and scrumptious.
A number of Londons top restaurants are already serving to customers.
A Must to taste:
The Variant Oplenac
Varijanta is a scrumptious rose. The eye catching vivid pink colour is followed by ripe cherry and rose petal aromas. The wine is dry, fruity and smooth on the palate. This rose is perfect on its own or as an accompaniment to light informal dishes such as pasta and pizza.
The Triumph
The award winning “Triumph” is made predominantly from Sauvignon Blanc. The wine is vibrant on the nose, showing plenty of grassy and leafy aromas. It is crisp and dry in the mouth. Drink this classy white wine with sea bass and other fine white fish.
The Oplenac Selection
This is a skillfully crafted, refreshing white wine showing plenty of green grapey fruit and floral notes on the nose. The palate is dryish and fairly light, with underlying lively acidity. Drink it on its own or see how it complements Asian and oriental cuisine.
The Charisma
“Charisma” is a premium Chardonnay. It has a complex yeasty aroma due to its maturation on yeast lees prior to bottling. It is dry and light bodied on the palate.
Drink it on its own or as an accompaniment to shellfish, white fish or chicken.
Aleksandrovic Cellar utilizes 40 hectares of vineyards for the production of it's high quality grape wines. Quality is primary in its mission and it is that which sets the Aleksandrovic Cellar as a wine brand leader both in Serbia and abroad. Aleksandrovic Cellar has been touted by the eminent Swiss magazine Vinim as the leader of a new wave of Eastern European wineries.
A little on the Expensive side of the price list but well worth a taste for those that can afford the better things in life.
Aleksansrovic wines are amongst Europe's top quality wines exciting and scrumptious.
A number of Londons top restaurants are already serving to customers.
A Must to taste:
The Variant Oplenac
Varijanta is a scrumptious rose. The eye catching vivid pink colour is followed by ripe cherry and rose petal aromas. The wine is dry, fruity and smooth on the palate. This rose is perfect on its own or as an accompaniment to light informal dishes such as pasta and pizza.
The Triumph
The award winning “Triumph” is made predominantly from Sauvignon Blanc. The wine is vibrant on the nose, showing plenty of grassy and leafy aromas. It is crisp and dry in the mouth. Drink this classy white wine with sea bass and other fine white fish.
The Oplenac Selection
This is a skillfully crafted, refreshing white wine showing plenty of green grapey fruit and floral notes on the nose. The palate is dryish and fairly light, with underlying lively acidity. Drink it on its own or see how it complements Asian and oriental cuisine.
The Charisma
“Charisma” is a premium Chardonnay. It has a complex yeasty aroma due to its maturation on yeast lees prior to bottling. It is dry and light bodied on the palate.
Drink it on its own or as an accompaniment to shellfish, white fish or chicken.
A little background on Serbia's great wine history
Serbia has a long history in both the trade and consumption of wine, and the cultivation of it. Indeed, there are signs of it all around. Many grape crushers and presses, as well as many wine carrying vessels, have been discovered from a wide range of historical eras. There are also many monuments depicting grapes vines, grapes and the harvesting of grapes.
Drinking vessels dating from the Bronze Age (200 BC) and from the Iron Age (400 BC), most probably used to consume wine, are age old traces of the trade in wine and the wine making in the Panonian lowlands.
During the archeological explorations of the site of the Roman city of Sirmium and other archeological digs in Serbia, large amounts of wine holding amphora’s were discovered that indicate the local trade in wine. As to the documented history of it, it is known that the Roman Emperor Domitian (69-96 AD) dictated a law granting a monopoly to the vineyards of the Italian peninsula, allowing only them to grow quality grape vines for the purpose of wine making. That monopoly remained in effect until the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus, born 232 AD in the Roman city of Sirmium, the present day Serbian city of Sremska Mitrovica, decided a change was needed. Probus initiated the growing of grape vines on the slopes of Alma Monsa (presently Fruska Mountain) in the locality of Sirmium, even employing his own legionnaires in the enterprise, and thus the beginning of wine growing in our country is associated with his name.
The History of authentically Serbian winemaking is more than a thousand year old tradition, beginning with the birth of the Serbian state in the 8th and 9th century, and developing markedly during the Nemanjic Dynasty (from the 11th to end of 14th centaury). Serbian rulers took great care and made great efforts to foster the culture of wine making. For example, in the mid 14th century, during the reign of Tsar Dusan (perhaps the greatest and most influential of Serbia’s historical leaders) laws where enacted that specifically concerned the governing of wine making, the quality of wine and the trade in wine, according to records from the “Charter of Stevan Dusan the First Crowned” (effectively the Serbian Magna Carta, and a historical record of the code of laws of the period). Tsar Dusan himself owned large vineyards and a palace wine cellar in the vicinity of city of Prizren, then the capital city of Dusans Empire. In his time from vineyards and wine cellars in the Velika Hoca, a major centre of local wine cultivation at the time, wine was directly transported to the imperial wine cellar in Prizren by a purpose built 25 km ceramic wine pipe line.
Wine was taken very seriously in medieval Serbia, and a goblet off wine was a call to dialogue or negotiation, would witness the sealing of a treaty, the swearing of an oath or the giving of a promise, or be spilt as a rebuke; in short, it stood as a reminder of the laws and traditions of the time. As the southern provinces became occupied by the expanding Turkish Ottoman Empire during the reign of Tsar Lazar in the second half of the 14th century, the local population migrated north and the city of Krusevac and the surrounding agricultural region becomes the centre of wine cultivation and trade.
Zaharije Orfelin, regarded as one of the most educated Serbs of 18th century, comments in his “For the experienced cellar keeper” written in 1793. that “our best wines are monastery wines and above all those from the region of Karlovac, especially the red wines, and the best are aged between three to four years”. With Ottoman conquest of Serbia complete, the vast majority of Serbian vineyards fell into disuse and decay, and the organized production of wine faced destruction as the Muslim faith forbade the consumption of alcohol.
Things take a turn for the better after the liberation of the Serbian state from the Ottoman Empire, and after a period of intense development, the wine making industry becomes the chief branch of agricultural production and thus in 1848, while a protectorate of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the famed “Navip” wine cellar is established and the start of organized wine production begins anew.
Serbia even became a major producer and exporter of wines to France, quickly garnering an admirable share of the French wine market during the period from 1890 till 1895.
The rulers of the newly liberated Serbia took a keen interest in the wine industry, and are responsible to a large degree for the (re)emergence of the wine trade in modern times, especially King Peter I Karadjordevic, and his son Alexander Karadjordevic, then heir to the thrown. At the end of the 19th centaury, around the highlands of Oplenac in central Serbia, they commissioned the planting of tens of hectares of vineyards and the construction of wine cellars for the production of first class wines. Close by to the royal wine cellar, there also existed the famed Vencac winemakers guild, renowned for their sparkling wines and known as one of the largest wineries in the Balkans. Yearly, some 50.000 tourists would visit its famed wine cellars, and its produce found a warm, welcome reception as far afield as Vienna. From the 1870’s onwards wine was actively exported to France, Austro-Hungaria, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Romania, much of it finding itself be shipped out by way of the Radujevic harbour to faraway Bordeaux.
Wine growing and production in province of Srem is amongst the oldest and most important in this part of Europe. Thus the people of the city of Karlovac became known primarily thanks to the quality of their wine, consumed through out Europe. Wines cellars in the area of Karlovac are a true delight for visitors to this day. After World War I, they where constructed primarily as a series of wooden shafts with arched, curved domes and fundaments, and during the process of fermentation and storage where kept in exclusively wooden barrels; while wooden capped barrels are still in use, metal is slowly replacing it as the sealing material of choice. The families of Karlovac that gained their reputation in the past from the production of the famed Ausbruch and Bermet wines restarted private production in the ‘90’s, each using authentic family recipes for wine making, handed down from generation to generation. Each individual family keeps their own method for wine making a trade secret, and each is carefully fostered and guarded.
Drinking vessels dating from the Bronze Age (200 BC) and from the Iron Age (400 BC), most probably used to consume wine, are age old traces of the trade in wine and the wine making in the Panonian lowlands.
During the archeological explorations of the site of the Roman city of Sirmium and other archeological digs in Serbia, large amounts of wine holding amphora’s were discovered that indicate the local trade in wine. As to the documented history of it, it is known that the Roman Emperor Domitian (69-96 AD) dictated a law granting a monopoly to the vineyards of the Italian peninsula, allowing only them to grow quality grape vines for the purpose of wine making. That monopoly remained in effect until the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus, born 232 AD in the Roman city of Sirmium, the present day Serbian city of Sremska Mitrovica, decided a change was needed. Probus initiated the growing of grape vines on the slopes of Alma Monsa (presently Fruska Mountain) in the locality of Sirmium, even employing his own legionnaires in the enterprise, and thus the beginning of wine growing in our country is associated with his name.
The History of authentically Serbian winemaking is more than a thousand year old tradition, beginning with the birth of the Serbian state in the 8th and 9th century, and developing markedly during the Nemanjic Dynasty (from the 11th to end of 14th centaury). Serbian rulers took great care and made great efforts to foster the culture of wine making. For example, in the mid 14th century, during the reign of Tsar Dusan (perhaps the greatest and most influential of Serbia’s historical leaders) laws where enacted that specifically concerned the governing of wine making, the quality of wine and the trade in wine, according to records from the “Charter of Stevan Dusan the First Crowned” (effectively the Serbian Magna Carta, and a historical record of the code of laws of the period). Tsar Dusan himself owned large vineyards and a palace wine cellar in the vicinity of city of Prizren, then the capital city of Dusans Empire. In his time from vineyards and wine cellars in the Velika Hoca, a major centre of local wine cultivation at the time, wine was directly transported to the imperial wine cellar in Prizren by a purpose built 25 km ceramic wine pipe line.
Wine was taken very seriously in medieval Serbia, and a goblet off wine was a call to dialogue or negotiation, would witness the sealing of a treaty, the swearing of an oath or the giving of a promise, or be spilt as a rebuke; in short, it stood as a reminder of the laws and traditions of the time. As the southern provinces became occupied by the expanding Turkish Ottoman Empire during the reign of Tsar Lazar in the second half of the 14th century, the local population migrated north and the city of Krusevac and the surrounding agricultural region becomes the centre of wine cultivation and trade.
Zaharije Orfelin, regarded as one of the most educated Serbs of 18th century, comments in his “For the experienced cellar keeper” written in 1793. that “our best wines are monastery wines and above all those from the region of Karlovac, especially the red wines, and the best are aged between three to four years”. With Ottoman conquest of Serbia complete, the vast majority of Serbian vineyards fell into disuse and decay, and the organized production of wine faced destruction as the Muslim faith forbade the consumption of alcohol.
Things take a turn for the better after the liberation of the Serbian state from the Ottoman Empire, and after a period of intense development, the wine making industry becomes the chief branch of agricultural production and thus in 1848, while a protectorate of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the famed “Navip” wine cellar is established and the start of organized wine production begins anew.
Serbia even became a major producer and exporter of wines to France, quickly garnering an admirable share of the French wine market during the period from 1890 till 1895.
The rulers of the newly liberated Serbia took a keen interest in the wine industry, and are responsible to a large degree for the (re)emergence of the wine trade in modern times, especially King Peter I Karadjordevic, and his son Alexander Karadjordevic, then heir to the thrown. At the end of the 19th centaury, around the highlands of Oplenac in central Serbia, they commissioned the planting of tens of hectares of vineyards and the construction of wine cellars for the production of first class wines. Close by to the royal wine cellar, there also existed the famed Vencac winemakers guild, renowned for their sparkling wines and known as one of the largest wineries in the Balkans. Yearly, some 50.000 tourists would visit its famed wine cellars, and its produce found a warm, welcome reception as far afield as Vienna. From the 1870’s onwards wine was actively exported to France, Austro-Hungaria, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Romania, much of it finding itself be shipped out by way of the Radujevic harbour to faraway Bordeaux.
Wine growing and production in province of Srem is amongst the oldest and most important in this part of Europe. Thus the people of the city of Karlovac became known primarily thanks to the quality of their wine, consumed through out Europe. Wines cellars in the area of Karlovac are a true delight for visitors to this day. After World War I, they where constructed primarily as a series of wooden shafts with arched, curved domes and fundaments, and during the process of fermentation and storage where kept in exclusively wooden barrels; while wooden capped barrels are still in use, metal is slowly replacing it as the sealing material of choice. The families of Karlovac that gained their reputation in the past from the production of the famed Ausbruch and Bermet wines restarted private production in the ‘90’s, each using authentic family recipes for wine making, handed down from generation to generation. Each individual family keeps their own method for wine making a trade secret, and each is carefully fostered and guarded.
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