Dalmatia is the ancient homeland of grape – wine which was cultivated in this sunny region first by Greeks and Romans and afterwards by Croats.

Already two thousand years ago, the Greek writer Athenaios described in his “Banquet of scientists” the Dalmatian wines in the following way: “On the island of Vis a wine is produced that no other wine equals“.

Still today viticulture is the main production field in Dalmatia, as 50 % of farmers cultivate grape – wine. The Dalmatian wines belong to the best wines because of plenty of sunshine and rocky soils (limestone and red earth – terra rossa). Today grape distillation is mainly done in modern wine cellars.