Pacta Connect

"The whisper is out about Croatia in the media and on-line at last! Finally it has become a new must go destination." We wrote those words in early 2009!! We are specialist importers of top quality wines from independent producers around Central and Eastern Europe. We look for interesting, quirky, individual and cutting edge producers whose wines a... nd lives tell a rich story. We don't go where we're told by others, we research and find out for ourselves. We sell to restaurants, bars, wine merchants, delicatessens, hotels, shops and private customers. All our wines and produce, sourced around these fascinating regions of Europe, can also be found on the shelves of our own retail wine shop and deli currently located at Brighton Open Market. (see our contact page) Whilst we started our professional wine journey in Croatia in the early 2000s, it had a long way to go and took us a long time to break. Finally accepted in the UK in 2009, Croatia achieved an incredible 8 Decanter Gold awards (to Chile's 4 and Argentina's 7) then picking up yet more awards and accolades in May 2010 and onwards and upwards every year following. However, contrary to bizarre 'wine expert' opinions we have heard over the years, Croatian winemaking is not just a few years old in fact, as almost everywhere in Europe, the Romans were among the first vineyard owners on this soil. It may just be that you didnt actually know they have been producing high quality wines for many centuries, although so many now visit Croatia for their summer holidays that it is no longer the secret that it was when we first started. When faced with the enormity of the country and its diversity of people, cultures, history and soil, a wine drinker may wonder where on earth should we start? Our story started in Istria. We visited first in 2004, and fell in love with the region, the countryside and coastline, the people, their food and wine, and a culture borne of a very complex past. Istria lies on the northern coast of Croatia, and has been part of many empires: the ...Read More