The Degarra winery and the Degarra team wish you a peaceful, blessed and reflective Christmas. A healthy and happy new year 2022. The year 2021, 2020 were marked with many challenges worldwide and many personal experiences are associated with these days. We wish you good luck and success for the times coming. We would like to sincerely thank all Degarra customers for a good business year 2021. You have all contributed to this: online, visitors to the Degarra winery and of course all restaurants that have Degarra wines on the menu. Thank you very much !
Thank You
There were many highlights in 2021. Such was the the Decanter award, which is an amazing appreciation for the work of the Degarra team. The Degarra website has been online since January 2021 and the number of visitors has been amazing. Example: In August 2021 we had the peak of 2500 visitors. This shows the interest in Degarra wines and what we do. Many thanks to all of our customers and fans of the Degarra winery. We will continue with this good work and we are very much looking forward to be there for you and share the good things in life with one another. Quality, understanding and togetherness is what we experience and always share.
Degarra has expanded a bit in the winery and the acreage, but it still remains special. Degarra is not a mass production and has the focus on being unique. The taste and quality are the criteria. That won’t change.
Degarra winery and the service team is glad to experience such an event hosted with Croatian wine. This shows again, that Croatian craft skills and wine making is appreciated and found its way even to the U.S. presidential inauguration.
A beneficial event to the country’s small wine industry
POTOMJE, Croatia, Jan 17 (Reuters) – A Croatian red wine will be among the wines served at the events on the Inauguration Day this week in Washington. The winery that produced the wine says: „We hope that the moment in the presidential spotlight, is also a boon to the country’s small wine industry“.
The wine, which sells for about $60-70 per bottle in the United States, is from the Benmosche Family Winery, which produces some 4,000 to 5,000 bottles of Zinfandel and Dingac a year.
Boris Mrgudic, Director of the Benmosche Family Winery, did not have any details about which particular lunch or dinner the wine would be served at during Wednesday’s Inauguration Day, when Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president.
President-elect, Joe Biden, and his vice-president, Kamala Harris, are due to be sworn in on the steps of the Capitol on the 20th of January. The inauguration ceremony will be slightly more modest due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ceremony will also be available to view virtually. After a tumultuous end to Donald Trump’s presidency, which saw violent demonstrations at the same sight of the upcoming inauguration, Joe Biden is hoping for a calmer period.
Long tradition of wine making
The Mrgudic family has been involved in wine production for 12 generations and went into business with late U.S. insurance executive Robert Benmosche, a great wine lover, after meeting him in the early 2000s.
The following shows building a new vineyard of Degarra Wine Zadar – This is during the planting of the vines for the POŠIP March 2019.
The new American President and his team will enjoy a touch of Croatia, when the wines from the Pelješac peninsular vineyards are served. The Croatian wine which ‚connects‘ both sides on the Atlantic, for although the vineyards are based in Croatia they are owned by an American family. At Joe Biden’s inauguration the wines Dingač and Zinfande from the Benmosche Family Winery are served. Truly a great promotion for Croatian wines, and indeed the Pelješac wines, as the whole event will be covered of all world’s media.
Passion for Croatian wine made this happen
So how did wines from Croatia end up on the table of the President’s inauguration? The vineyards in question were started by Robert H. Benmosche, the former head of the world’s largest insurance group, AIG, and a former advisor to President Barack Obama. Benmosche, who was a passionate lover of Dalmatian wines, planted the vines in 2006 on the terraced slopes of Dingač. After Benmosche passed away in 2015, but his family continued working on the vineyards. The wine making on Pelješac continued under the watchful eye of the famous winemaker, Marija Mrgudić, who Benmosche refered to as his “boss” when he arrived in Pelješac. In fact, Benmosche fell in love with the area so much that he bought a luxurious sea-front villa in Dubrovnik.
The winery is located on the hilly slopes of the Peljesac peninsula near the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik.
“This news will certainly contribute to promotion of the Croatian wines which is very important, as Croatia is a small wine producer and still not very competitive on the global markets,” Mrgudic said.
(Reporting by Antonio Bronic and Igor Ilic Editing by Frances Kerry)
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Degarra Winery turns the former military barracks into a house of wine and delicacies
Degarra is a name derived from the French phrase “Vin de Garage”, which became a synonym for the small passionate producers of the finest French and world wines in the ’80s of the last century, and that is exactly what describes the vision of the Pestić and Šulentić families.
In the fertile fields of Ravni Kotar, in the little land that is hidden between the stone of Bukovica and the island, vineyards have grown ever since. Two families, Pestić and Šulentić, recognized the potential of the Zadar region, and five years ago decided to join forces to realize their dream. Today, this dream is reflected in the Degarra winery.
This young winery, founded in 2012, has 1.8 hectares of vineyards in property and 3.6 hectares in concession. At the best wine-growing location in Ravni kotar, the varieties of Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, Plavina, Pošip, and Maraština are cultivated, from which quality wines – Pošip, Bonterra, Rose, Bommary, Primo and Perla are produced. Also, the Croatian wine history is just amazing.
The greatest Pride is called Bomary
The Degarra winery produces white, rose and red wines with a special emphasis on white wines. Their greatest pride is the unique, flavored wine, which they named Bomary. The wine was created by blending 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Syrah and with Maraška wine which resulted in a true delicacy for wine-lovers with a subtle taste.
Degarra Pošip
Degarra Pošip is an elegant wine with a distinctive freshness of southern fruit and elderflower. Rosé is produced from the grapes of Plavin and Merlot varieties with the ratio of 90:10. It is said that the Rosé is a charming wine with seductive colors and crystal glare. The taste is dominated by berry fruit, raspberry, blueberry, and cranberry. This refreshes the palate with a long aftertaste.
Degarra Bonterra
At the tasting of selected wines in leading restaurants, the quality dry wine Degarra Bonterra is regularly among the best rated. It is a non-filtered coupage (60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Syrah). This delicate wine was ranked in the first place in two of four categories at the recent pairing of wines with cheeses from Pag.
Degarra- The First Zadar Sparkling wine made by the traditional method Champagne
The Degarra winery also takes credit for the first Zadar sparkling wine by the traditional method champagne, even two of them. Primo is produced with the traditional method, the bottle fermentation, with grapes from Pošip, while the Perla-Rosé sparkling wine from the grape Plavin also prepared by a traditional method.
Degarra Winery – Barrique Hall and Tasting Venue
Sparkling wine is used to drink a toast to the new project the new Degarra winery „head-quarter“ premises. The future winery main building has a barrique hall and a tasting room located in the former JNA (Jugoslavia National Army) barracks, above the Zadar settlement of Bokanjac, next to the road to Ražanac and Pag. The Degarra winery is surrounded by centuries-old pine trees on more than 10,000 square meters and the building complex size is over 350 square meters able to host over 100 visitors. Besides Degarra wines and sparkling wine, there will be a place for delicacies such as olive oil, cheese, prosciutto, fish and other quality products of family farms from the wider Zadar area. The prosciutto ham, it’s name derives from the Italian delicacy, of Dalmatia is dried by the Bora (Bura) winds. Croatian and the Dalmatian cuisine is delicious and has a wide range of delicacies.
Questions
The Degarra team looks forward to your questions and remains with best wishes.
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