The fifth edition of BregFest, held yesterday at Zagreb’s Lauba, presented the diversity and potential of the wines of Bregovita Hrvatska, with around 70 wineries taking part and more than 400 wine labels on offer.
BregFest has established itself as one of the events devoted to presenting the winemaking of Bregovita Hrvatska, the region that covers a number of wine-growing areas in the north and centre of the country. This year’s edition once again brought together many producers and gave visitors an overview of the current wine offer and of different styles of wine.
The wines on show came from Moslavina, Zagorje, Plešivica, Međimurje, Prigorje and Bilogora, Pokuplje and Vivodina. Their differences in climate, vineyard sites and range of varieties add to the diversity of the wines made across Bregovita Hrvatska.
Indigenous varieties and regional recognisability
An important place in the wine offer went to varieties typical of individual areas, such as Škrlet, Kraljevina and Moslavac. Their growing presence increasingly adds to the recognisability of the areas they come from and to the development of the tourist offer. Very rare indigenous varieties were also on show, which it was truly a privilege to taste, such as Volovina, Kleščec, Starohrvatska belina, Svetokriška belina and Modra kosovina.
Alongside wines from indigenous varieties, a significant part of the offer is made up of sparkling wines, which give exceptional results in Zagorje and Plešivica. The range of styles, from sparkling wines through fresh and aged whites to elegant reds, above all Frankovka and Pinot Noir, shows the breadth of production and the possibilities for further positioning Bregovita Hrvatska on the domestic market.
It is important to stress that the Bregovita Hrvatska region is coping extremely well with the challenges of global warming, and that in some of its parts the expected quality of wine, relative to the potential of its varieties, has in fact been reached only in recent years, which was also visible at yesterday’s event.
