malvasia

If you have heard about the Salina or Lipari islands, then it is probably because of their delicious Malvasia passito-, dessert-style wine. The Aeolian Islands, as they are collectively named, have a lot more to offer than sweet wine.

"My grandfather, my Croatian grandfather here, he never changed his address but he's changed four times his nationality." Dimitri Brečević of Piquentum

"My grandmother was born in Austria. My father was born in Italy. I was born in Yugoslavia, my daughter in Croatia, but we never moved from here." Ivica Matošević on Croatia's complicated history

"During the Yugoslavian time it was cooperative, so it never supported quality. It was not the goal. Nobody was looking for quality really." Giorgio Clai on why Croatian wine is playing catch-up