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Keeping track of fresh and seasonal culinary news is the backbone of flavorful visits to Croatia!
The gourmet scene changes and evolves day by day, and new foodie experiences, from restaurants, to retreats to special menus, can keep your visit to Croatia fresh every time around. Keep your Croatian travel bucket list current by following our foodie news!

Croatian Wines in Decanter

Croatian Wines in Decanter

The acclaimed British journalist and editor Amanda Barnes headed out on a new adventure, this time in central and eastern Croatia. Barnes specializes in wine and travel writing and in the new project of Vinart and Decanter magazine, she will represent Croatian wines. During her journey from Zagorje all the way to Ilok, she will taste and review some of the finest labels. This is a great opportunity for Croatia because it will prove its well-deserved place on the wine map of the world. Anthony Rose, wine writer for Independent and Decanter, has done the same task in Dalmatia. In this way, Croatia receives its recognition as a country with tradition and potential. It also serves as a promotion for the wine regions of Croatia, northern as well as southern.

The Oldest Cheese in the World Was Made in Croatia

The Oldest Cheese in the World Was Made in Croatia

Last year in August, scientists have discovered cheese in a 3 200-year-old Egyptian tomb and archaeologists proved it to be the one of the oldest cheeses ever discovered. However, new findings in Croatia show otherwise. During their archaeological excavations in Danilo near Drniš and Pokrovnik near Šibenik, a team of American, British and Croatian scientists has discovered 7 200-year-old ceramic vessels that served for storing fermented milk. The project has begun in 2003 and they have been investigating local Neolithic settlements established at the beginnings of agriculture and livestock farming in the area. The cheese type could not be specified, but it is most certain that the vessels, some of them 7000 years old, served for storing and producing fermented animal milk. Now this discovery places cheese production 4 000 years back in time. In Danilo and Pokrovnik today, not many sheep, goat and cow herds can be found but taken the new findings, the milk processors might just reconsider.

The Garden Brewery - the Best Brewery in Europe

The Garden Brewery – the Best Brewery in Europe

Founded in 2013., Beer52 is the most popular craft beer club among whose subscribers there are many fans particularly of The Garden Brewery. There were 10 award categories and The Garden Brewery was chosen as the best in the EU, of more than 9 500 other European breweries, for its reliable quality and consistent innovativeness. It has so far produced 77 beer styles, including the award-winning Vanilla & Chocolate Porter, Sour beers and experimental beers like Milkshake IPA. They are successfully exporting to the UK, Germany, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. Other breweries that were also awarded are Gipsy Hill, Northern Monk, Siren, Crate and Big Smoke.

In 2005, Secret Dalmatia was started from pure love for Croatia’s heritage, its incredible diversity, and beauty. We have since remained faithful to our initial mission – and are still today a boutique travel agency dedicated to showing the true, wholesome Croatia to the discerning travelers who want to experience our country and all our riches, not just see it.

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Over the twenty years of our eating and drinking around Croatia, we have cooked up some good friendships on the restaurant scene. Over the twenty years of our work in Croatian travel, we have developed a network which spans Michelin-star restaurants and family-run konobas. So if there is a special place you would like to eat at while travelling in Croatia, let us know. We’ll be happy to help with that front row table overlooking the sea!