Friday, 12.  February 2010.

Zagreb Wine Gourmet Festival is a presentation of 140 Croatian and international producers of top quality wines and food delicacies. Beside wines, you  were welcomed to enjoy in cooking shows of great chefs and participate in many workshops and wine tastings.

COOKING SHOW – THE THEATRE OF TASTE (in a tent in the courtyard of the Museum) 

10.45 am    Branko Ognjenović, chef at the restaurant Bon Appetit, Zagreb - Croatia

12.00 am   Ana Roš, chef at the restaurant Hiša Franko, Malo selo, Kobarid - Slovenia

1.15 pm     Alessandro Gavagna, chef at the restaurant La Subida, Cormons (GO) - Italy

2.30 pm     Vesna Miletić, chef at the restaurant Tać, Zagreb - Croatia

3.45 pm     Stefano Ciotti, chef executive at the restaurant Il vicolo di Santa Lucia, Hotel Carducci 76, Cattolica - Italy

5.00 pm    Nicola Bettini, chef at the restaurant  Castellantico 21, Mirano (VE)  - Italy

6.15 pm    Zlatko Marinović, chef at the restaurant Noštromo, Split - Croatia

WORKSHOPS ( in the Club on the lower floor of the Museum)

1.00 pm     The actual situation  in world wine production - Positioning Croatia in that context, presented by Yann Juban, Assistant to Director General at Organisation internationale de la vigne et du vin, (OIV), Paris  

                                                                                
2.30 pm     Forgotten dishes from Turopolje, presentation and tasting by Tomislav Jančić,  Bistro Babriga, Velika Gorica           

                                                                                                
4.00 pm     Little wine school for ladies: all you wanted to know about wines but did not dare to ask. Find out the secrets of wine degustation with sommelier Mira Šemić.

 5.30 pm    UK wine market and possibilities of breaking into the market, presented by Christine Austin, journalist and winner of Louis Roederer award as wine writer of the year 2009.