A high-end Croatian wine finds its way to U.S. presidential inauguration

Record ID: 1596196

  • Title: A high-end Croatian wine finds its way to U.S. presidential inauguration
  • Date: 17th January 2021
  • Summary: OREBIC DINGAC, CROATIA (JANUARY 16, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS DRONE AND GROUND SHOTS OF DIRECTOR OF THE BENMOSCHE FAMILY WINERY, BORIS MRGUDIC, PRUNING VINES DRONE VIEW OF VINEYARD (MUTE) DRONE VIEW OF VEHICLE DRIVING DRONE VIEW OF PELJESAC PENINSULA VARIOUS OF MRGUDIC EXTRACTING WINE FROM BARREL INTO GLASS FOR TESTING VARIOUS OF MRGUDIC SIPPING WINE VARIOUS OF TWO BOTTLES O
  • Embargoed: 31st January 2021 15:59
  • Keywords: Benmosche Family Winery Croatia Croatian wine Joe Biden's inauguration Peljesac peninsula U.S. elections wine production
  • Location: OREBIC DINGAC, PENINSULA OF PELJESAC, CROATIA
  • City: OREBIC DINGAC, PENINSULA OF PELJESAC, CROATIA
  • Country: Croatia
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001DVLDFEV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A Croatian red wine will be among drinks served at events on Inauguration Day this week in Washington, the winery that produced it says, hoping that the moment in the presidential spotlight will be a boon to the country's small wine industry.
    The wine, which sells for about $60-70 per bottle in the United States, is from the Benmosche Family Winery, which produces some 4,000 to 5,000 bottles of Zinfandel and Dingac a year.
    "We first heard about it when the local media broke the news and then we got information from our clients in the United States that the wine got where it got," Boris Mrgudic, director of the Benmosche Family Winery, told Reuters.
    He did not have any details about which particular lunch or dinner the wine would be served at during Wednesday's (January 20) Inauguration Day, when Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president.
    The Mrgudic family has been involved in wine production for 12 generations and went into business with late U.S. insurance executive Robert Benmosche, a great wine lover, after meeting him in the early 2000s.
    The winery is located on the hilly slopes of the Peljesac peninsula near the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik.
    "This news will certainly contribute to promotion of the Croatian wines which is very important, as Croatia is a small wine producer and still not very competitive on the global markets," Mrgudic said.
    (Production: Antonio Bronic, Fedja Grulovic)
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