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Puna dva mjeseca u 12 izložbenih prostorija Autobusnog kolodvora u Zagrebu svim zainteresiranim putnicima predstavljene su malvazije s oznakom kvalitete IQ. Dio je to izložbe kojom Istarska županija izlaže svoje kulturne i gospodarske mogućnosti te turističku i eno-gastronomsku ponudu Istre.

Izložba je otvorena 11.02. u 18.00 sati uz nazočnost brojnih gostiju povezanih s Istrom. Osim vrhunskih istarskih vina posjetitelji mogu pogledati fotografije s motivima vinograda i grožđa malvazije poznatog fotografa Renca Kosinožića.

Nakon svečanog otvorenja prisutnima su ponuđene gastro delicije te su se kušala vina i rakije članova Vinistre. Očekuje se da će izložbeni prostor posjetiti od 700 000 do 1 000 000 posjetitelja. Prostor ispred samog ulaza na Autobusni kolodvor iskorišten je za promociju i najavu izložbe Vinistra 2009.

Two of the projects of the Vinistra Association received a grant for the rural areas development programmes to be implemented in 2008 in line with measure 4: “Incorporation and development of associations of producers in farming, fish and shellfish farming and of machinery rings”. The event took place in the premises of the Istrian Development Agency and the event was attended by the State secretary Krešimir Kuterovac on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Rural Development.

Vinistra applied to the Ministry for funding for two of its projects: “Development of the Association’s brand and promotion of Istrian wines” which was granted 120,000 Kuna, and “Education of the members of the Association” which was granted 15,000 Kuna.

The Ministry letter quotes that the model of rural development is intended to hold the population in rural areas, equalize the quality of life in rural and urban areas, promote the return of the population from urban to rural areas, increase the competitiveness of production and create a greater income for farmers.

Prof. Bogdan Cvjetković, Ph.D., talked about Phomopsis viticola which, though not a new disease, is considered one of the most dangerous due to its serious consequences. The expert part of the education was dedicated to this disease in view of its biology and prevention. Downey mildew and powdery mildew were also discussed.

Prof. Zvonimir Ostojić, Ph.D. talked about grassing of the vineyard as one of the most important farming measures in certain farming fields.

Goran Ostojić, B.Sc. gave a lecture on the vine protection programme for 2009, and Margita Jurašin, B.Sc. explained to the winegrowers and winemakers the business relations of the company Fitopromet Ltd. with producers.

The festival comprised presentations and tasting of wine, wine and food education for business people, traders, sommeliers, caterers, celebrities, journalists and other wine and food lovers.

The Festival was attended by more than 200 exhibitors – producers of and traders in wine, pršut, oil, kulen, pastry and other products from the EU and surrounding countries.

The IQ designation is exclusively intended to mark wines of superior quality, produced from the Malvasia grapes. It guarantees an active wine supervision system from the production conditions and procedures and wine quality to the designation awarding procedure and control of its use. The system is the only such system of wine quality control in Croatia.

This year’s Vinistra, marking the 15th anniversary of the exhibition, closed its doors in Poreč. The members of the Vinistra Association and organisers of this wine and food event are extremely satisfied with the results, not just concerning the number of visitors, exhibitors and media, but also due to the steady increase of the exhibition’s quality.

Vinistra is not a selling exhibition. Its aim is to present wine, olive oil and pršut producers who, apart from making new business contacts, learn about the most recent trends and facilities in production and promotion.

The interests of winemakers was drawn to expert lectures on the Winegrowing and Winemaking Sector in Croatia and on the Reform of the Wine Sector in the EU. Other visitors were mostly interested in attending guided tasting of the wines awarded this year in the Vinistra competition part, tasting of wines coming from the Region of Dubrovnik and Neretva and presented by the “Plavac mali” Association and tasting of collection wines (including one Malvasia from 1997) under the guidance of Sandi Paris, top Croatian sommelier and Education Manager with the Croatian Sommelier Club.

On the last day of the Vinistra exhibition, which is traditionally reserved for business partners, the tasting of the wine Muškat Ruža Porečka (the Rose of Poreč Muscat) was organized. The Muškat Ruža Porečka is also the name of the project led by the Institute of Viticulture and Enology of the Faculty of Agronomy in Zagreb – Prof. Bernard Kozina, Ph.D., Marko Karoglavi, M.Sc. and assistants.

This year, for the first time in Vinistra, in cooperation with the company RadinR and under the patronage of Electrolux Professional the Vinistra Gourmet was inaugurated and immediately recorded an extraordinary interest of the visitors who could taste first-rate culinary creations demonstrated to the public by the chefs of the most renowned Istrian restaurants.