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Croatia is divided into four main wine regions.
Croatia has all five known wine-growing climates in the world.
Croatia offers more than 100 indigenous wine varieties.
Croatia enjoys 2718 hours of sunshine per year, which is more than Sydney, Australia.
Croatian wines have a history of 2500 years , dating back to ancient Greek settlers.
Back in the 1930s , wine from Pelješac was exported to Prague and Vienna to the royal court.
Dingač is the oldest geographically protected Croatian wine-growing location - since 1961.
Croatia is home to Slavonian oak. Slavonian oak is used in the production of wooden barrels favored by many wine, whiskey, and rum producers worldwide.
In 2001, a UC Davis research group, in collaboration with scientists in Croatia, confirmed that the roots of Zinfandel originate in Dalmatia.