A total of 360 Croatian wines have just received gold, silver and bronze medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London, the largest and most influential ceremony of its kind in the industry. The overall number of Croatian medal winners exceeded last year’s by 44.
All told, labels from Croatia took 16 golds, three going to the Benvenuti brothers from Motovun. Kutjevac winery Galić was the second most successful, with gold medals for Ego Tribidrag and Sauvignon Blanc. Winemaker Kutjevo also won two golds, for its Graševina and Graševina ice vintage.
A record 18,250 wines from 57 countries were registered for the 20th running of the Decanter Awards.