September the 14th, 2022 - The very well known Dalmacijavino is one of the most recognisable brands from the area of ​​Dalmatia of all, and it has a very long and rich tradition that Badel 1862 wants to work to fully preserve.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Vinoplod director Kresimir Lokas stated that ''Dalmacijavino's range of wines, not to mention the rest of the strong alcoholic beverages we previously took over, will be produced in Vinoplod's facilities in Sibenik, and the yeasts will be produced in Badel's facilities in Sisak. 

With this agreement, Badel 1862 and Vinoplod are set to further strengthen their positions on the demanding wine market, especially when it comes to local Dalmatian varieties such as Debit and Drniski Merlot. By bottling Dalmacijavino's wine brands, we'll further increase the level of production in the Sibenik plants, and by using synergies and further investments in the development of an even greater number of wine brands, we'll get additional opportunities for quality portfolio expansion and sales growth,''

''Just as we've already proven to be a successful method with Badel 1862 and Vinoplod, we intend to continue to develop and modernise the Dalmacijavino brand in order to bring it closer to new generations of consumers," emphasised Lokas.

"Given the long-term cooperation with the company Badel 1862, which bought raw materials from us and then took over the brands of strong alcoholic beverages two years ago, the sale of the Dalmacijavino umbrella brand to Badel was a natural sequence of business events.

The Ostrc company will continue to do business with Badel, and now it will be carried out through the largest consolidated Dalmatian vineyard in Petrovo Polje, from which most of the raw material will be sold to Badel and Vinoplod, which means that Dalmacijavino's products will continue being made from the same grapes from which it has all been being done for the last seventy years.

The contract on the matter was signed to mutual satisfaction and I believe that Dalmacijavino's brands will continue to be very well positioned on the market in the future. In addition to a greater focus on the potential of our vineyard, in terms of even greater and higher quality yields, as well as the gastronomic and tourist story that we have been developing over more recent years, in the coming period, we intend to place our focus even more intensively on the business and development of one of the strongest regional beverage brands, Pipi, not to mention on its further expansion,'' concluded Luka Diel-Zadro of Pipi beverages.

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ZAGREB, May 4, 2018 - About a hundred workers from the bankrupt Dalmacijavino company gathered in Split on Friday in front of a building where a cabinet meeting was underway, demanding that Prime Minister Andrej Plenković or his ministers receive them to discuss their outstanding claims.

ZAGREB, February 21, 2018 - Workers of the Split-based Dalmacijavino bankrupt wine and beverage producer on Wednesday staged a protest march because they still haven't been paid 64 million kuna in receivables awarded to them in bankruptcy proceedings.

The Split Pipi hype, in history. 

Have you seen the new look of "Pipi"?

Have you seen the new look for Dalmacijavino products?

After 70 years of existence, on New Year's Eve in Split, Dalmacijavino introduced a new corporate logo as a first step in the introduction of a new visual identity. Products with new bottles and new labels will be presented at the GAST fair which will be held from March 1 to 4, 2017 in Split.

Pipi is coming back to Split! This happens nearly 7 months after Dalmacijavino went bankrupt and had to stop producing the product.

Split has its very own soft drink called Pipi produced by Dalmacijavino. Pipi is Split’s version of Fanta and Miranda and is very much loved by the Splićani. Pipi is a cheery carbonated orange drink that most will remember drinking as THE drink of the 80s and 90s and today is the drink of nostalgia that brings you back to your youth. 

See Dalmacijavino’s legendary Pipi commercial from the 1980’s featuring Ana Sasso, ex-Miss Yugoslavia, on Split’s famed Bačvice beach.

It’s difficult to put into words the importance of Pipi in Split culture but with the newest summer hit, “Pipi” by local Studio Frendo, you’ll get the drill. It’s all about drinking Pipi on the beach this summer.

Dalmacijavino is going through tough times and in return heavily reduced their production of Pipi, causing anger amongst locals. Getting a bottle of Pipi almost became a collector’s item, as if buying a special vintage wine. Coming to a café, you would whisper to the waiter “Do you have Pipi?”…and if you were lucky, he would sacrifice one of his last bottles on you.

Dalmacijavino, who is currently under bankruptcy protection, have realized the importance of Pipi and rely on this brand to get the company back on its feet again. Therefore, Dalmacijavino have started producing Pipi again are opening flagship stores in various Split neighbourhood and in other important Dalmatian locations. Their Pipi branded store not only sell Pipi, but other Dalmacijavino products, mainly wines by the liter.

Currenly, you will find Pipi stores at the bottom of Križeva near Prokurative, Šibenska 3 in the Kman neighborhood, and on P.I. Čajkovskog near the old Hajduk stadium (Stari Plac). More stores are due to open in the Blatina and Skalica neighbourhoods as well as in Sinj, Drniš, Solin, Kaštela, Jelsa, Stari Grad, and Hvar Town. The most wellknown Pipi-stand is by the Dalmacijavino factory in the Port of Split, adjacent to the ferry terminal.

State Attorney's office has appealed the sale decision.