Ahead of the 7th edition of the Pink Day Festival, taking place on March 30 at the Mimara Museum in Zagreb, which focuses on pink – still and sparkling – wines, the WOW association members from Split have awarded their prize for the best rosé wine – selected among the wines exhibited at the GAST festival in Split. In co-operation with the Vino.like agency, they decided to choose the best of the best for the third year in a row. They were given the task of visiting the wine stands, tasting rosé wines, evaluating them and selecting their five favourites. They left signed lists with their personal preferences at the VINO.LIKE central stand, where the WOW rollup proudly stood. After the vote, the jury consisting of Kristina Jukić, sommelier; Adela Visković, leader of the Split WOW circle; Adela Gizdić, a WOW member; and Siniša Koceić and Alen Gulan from Wine.like, added up all the votes and announced the top five.
The votes of the WOW (Women on Wine) members highlighted their five favourites: ROSÉ ROSALIA 2017 by the IURUS winery from Slavonia, ROSÉ JOKAN 2018 by the SUŠIĆ winery from Imotski, ROSÉ ROSALIA 2018 by the IURUS winery from Slavonia, ROSÉ 2018 by the SVIJETLI DVORI winery from Baranja, and ROSÉ CRVENO JEZERO 2018 by the GRABOVAC winery from Imotski. The last one was ultimately chosen as the champion, and the comments were: “It is so good, breezy, seductive...” All the top five wines received a diploma designed by the WOW art director, Vlasta Pirnat.
In addition to the still rosé wines, pink sparkling wines were also tasted this year, so it was decided that the one with the most votes would also receive a diploma. The winner was DK PLEMENITA ROSÉ BRUT-PJENUŠAC by the DVANAJŠČAK-KOZOL winery.
The WOW members presented their selection at a workshop where, along with the guided tasting, a lot of useful and exciting information about rosé wines could be heard: how they are created, what is the secret of their seductiveness and growing popularity. The event was hosted by the WOW member and sommelier Kristina Jukić, and it also featured the authors of wines, wine producers who took advantage of the opportunity to present their wines and wineries. In line with the workshop theme and the colour of the offered wines, everyone was dressed in pink or at least with pink details.
The crew from VINO.LIKE, Alen Gulan and Siniša Koceić, also received diplomas for again helping with the organisation, wine procurement and serving wine at the workshop.
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Co-author and photos by Adela Visković
