Does Serbia have good wines? Serbia is a country with incredible natural potential for viticulture. The cultivation of vine and wine production was developed during the Roman Empire, that is, at the beginning of the beginning of the 1st century. In the Middle Ages in Serbia, wine was consumed mainly at the courts of the ruling dynasties, and it was mostly made by monasteries. During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, the production of wine died down to the beginning of the 19th century. but after the liberation of Serbia during the first dynasty of Obrenovic, and then the Karadjordjevic dynasty, Serbia re-trapped the highest quality grapes, and until the second world war had famous wines in the world.
After World War II in Yugoslavia, with the help of the Communist leader TITO, who was a big hedonist, large wine-making companies emerged. One of these wineries is Navip, a company that still produces good wines, as well as Vinjak - a Serbian cognac that by its quality exceeds the higher class of this drink, but it is not promoted in the world, so it is not well known.
In the last 30 years, a huge number of small wineries that produced incredibly good wines but in small quantities have turned into serious producers, mainly wines for broad markets. If you are lucky to find a smaller private wine producer in Serbia, which carefully cultivates the natural grapes, and then creates this goddess in the old way, whose color, aroma and aroma experience surpasses the most sensitive eneologists or wine lovers, then you have won the first prize. .. But such a wine is harder to find, and it will probably disappear when Serbia enters the EU.
In order not to enter further into complicated and broad topics about wines in Serbia, here are some tips on the selection and purchase of wines in Serbia.
1. You are consulting a host in Serbia to buy wine.
2. In Serbia, there are winemakers (specialized wine shops) where you will find 10 times more choice than in the big market, because they offer mostly world wines. There you can also taste wine. Most of them are in Belgrade, Novi Sad or Niš cities...
3. You can buy a medium-quality wine for a price of 12-18 €, and all over cost of 20 € is a real gastronomic staple.
4. In addition to larger wineries (sometimes state-owned) that produce excellent wines of medium quality, there are over 20 private winerys in Serbia, each of which has a true wine favorite.
5. In Serbia, red and white and rosé wines have good quality, and the purchase of well-known grape varieties with domestic grape varieties has become a real hit for world wine lovers, as incredibly attractive wine notes have appeared, which breaks down all the existing standards of wine in the world .
6. Watch the state stamps of the wine (they have the state emblem of Serbia and are obliged to stand on the bottle cap):
Green stamp - PGI - regional wines - the lowest quality of wine
Red stamp - PDO - Wine from the landfill with controlled geogravian origin and quality
Purple stamp - PDO- extra - Grape wine with controlled and guaranteed geographical quality and origin
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