The Istrian region makes its mark on the international wine market ++CLIENT REPLAY++

CROATIA WINES SOURCE: AP TELEVISION RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 5:51 Umag, Coronica vineyard, September 14th 2013 1. Close up of white grape; Istrian Malvasia grape variety 2. Mid undershot of grape, a bee flying around 3. Mid of picked grape falling in the basket 4. Wide of vineyard row, workers harvesting 5. Mid of workers harvesting 6. Wide right pan of Coronica vineyard 7. Mid of Coronica vineyard, 8. Wide of Adriatic sea, in the vicinity of vineyard; sailing boat passing 9. Mid of vineyard with sailing boats on the sea in the background 10. Wide setup shot of Moreno Coronica, vineyard owner, walking between wine stocks 11. Mid of Moreno Coronica, vineyard owner eating white grapes 12. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Moreno Coronica, the owner of Coronica vineyards : "Malvasia (white grape variety) and Teran (red grape variety) are the response to the globalisation. The whole world has Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Pinot varieties. I think this is the answer to the globalisation. "Native" is demanded, and everything we export are those native grape varieties." 13. Wide of Moreno Coronica rubbing grape against refractometer 14. Close up of Moreno Coronica looking through refractometer 15. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Moreno Coronica, the owner of Coronica vineyards: "One circumstance helped us with the placement of our products in Europe and that is the fact that we are a wine and tourist region at the same time. So, automatically, tourists that are coming here are drinking our wines, they like it and when they go home, they would like to have the same atmosphere as on the holidays and then they are looking for our wines," 16. Wide undershot of harvesting Malvasia 17. Wide of baskets plenty of grapes in the vineyard 18. Wide undershot of tractor entering in vineyard lane 19. Wide of workers putting baskets on the trailer Momjan, Kozlovic vineyard, September 14th 2013 20. Wide right pan from Kozlovic winery to Gianfranco Kozlovic, its owner, passing by 21. Wide of Gianfranco Kozlovic in front of the winery on the mobile phone 22. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Gianfranco Kozlovic, the owner of Kozlovic vineyards: "We don't and we will never have big quantities of wine and we will never be among major wine producers to conquer China or Russia, so it is much more interesting for us to be selected in "Michelins restaurants" (high end restaurants)." 23. Wide of vineyard and Kozlovic winery in the background 24. Mid of Kozlovic winery building 25. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Gianfranco Kozlovic, the owner of Kozlovic vineyards: "People who never tasted Malvasia... when they taste a glass of a good Malvasia, on a good temperature, nicely served and if in addition to that they have a nice scenery: a terrace, a seaside, sunset and a nice food, well then we made a right thing." 26. Wide of the Wine route road-sign 27. Wide of Kozlovic vineyards 28. Wide tilt down of Inox wine tanks in Kozlovic wine cellar 29. Wide left pan of Kozlovic wine cellar with wine barrels 30. Mid rack focus from barrel cork to wine barrels in the background Buje, Clai vineyards, September 14th 2013 31. Wide of vineyard, the town of Buje in the background 32. Wide of Groznjan town 33. Wide of Clai vineyard 34. Wide setup-shot of Giorgio Clai, vintner, the owner of Clai vineyards, eating grapes 35. Close up rack focus from Clai's hands to the white grape 36. Close up of Giorgio Clai behind grapes 37. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Giorgio Clai, vintner, the owner of Clai vineyards: "Istria, as a land of wine has its own history, its own culture and tradition and natural conditions which are really recommended for grapes." 38. Wide of vineyard with high clouds in the background LEADIN ==== You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/12f1e57f5db6e0b3995bf58c03dd1dd8 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork