Cro Adria imports the world’s finest products from the beautiful Crotian region to United Kingdom. By working directly with local supplier, Cro Adria is able to ensure that his customers are receiving the freshest quality products year round.
Identically to the other old world wine producers, many traditional grape varieties still survive in Croatia, perfectly suited to their local wine hills.
In Croatia, a nation of a thousand islands, wines could have a costal characteristics or could come from continental climates.
Vast differences in regional terroirs offer a great variety of wines.
,, Julia Augusta (wife of Augustus, Roman Emperor) gave the credit for her eighty-six years of life to the wine Pucinum. It is grown on a bay of the Adriatic not far from the source of the Timavus, on a rocky hill, where the breeze off the sea ripens enough grapes to make a few casks; and no other wine is considered more suitable for medicinal purposes.” Pliny the Elder wrote in his encyclopedia Natural History
Olive is known in Istria for more than 2,500 years. Flos Olei, the world's most influential olive grower, has been proclaiming, for the second time in a row, that Istria is the world's best olive grower in its 2017 guide. An all-cure, a touch and a hallmark of Istria, associated with the notion of healthiness and gastronomic delight.
In Istria, the truffle was discovered by ancient Romans, well known gourmets, eighteen centuries ago. During the five centuries of Venetian rule in Motovun-Montona Forest only certain individuals were allowed to gather truffles. Motovun forest provide ideal conditions for the growth of this true jewel of nature and holds the record of the biggest white truffle ever found -1.31 kg. Istrian truffles are the culinary winners that is hard to resist.
Istrian prosciutto is highly regarded by gourmands worldwide due in large part to our strict adherence to a long tradition of respectful production - from the careful way live stock is raised, to the elaborate treatment of the meat, to its curing with a unique blend of spices that give the ham its distinctive fragrance.
Since Istrian prosciutto is produced without nitrites, nitrates or smoke, it is considered one of the most healthful cured meats in all of the Mediterranean.
Baranya Kulen is protected by Geographical Indication. It is a large fermented-dry sausage with a unique recipe, produced in Baranja in the northeastern part of Croatia.