Today I had a friend with a special gift for My upcoming birthday friday. It is a good wine from Serbia. I looked up what the history is on the internet.
SOURCE: Google trijumf wine by family Aleksandrovic & crivino.nl
HISTORY OF OPLENAC VINEYARDS FROM SERBIA
The rolling hills of Oplenac were used to cultivate vines. A place of origin of the family Aleksandrović has deep connections with the ancient past.
During the Roman times that place was called Vincea, while in the Middle Ages it was called Vinica. Today the place is called Vinča - which is a direct connection and association with the main activity of the local population.
Making wine. In the beginning of the century in nearby Vinča, the Venčac Winemaking Cooperative was founded, and then vineyards and cellar of the Serbian and Yugoslav kings Peter I and Alexander I Karađorđević, who spread the glory of wines from Oplenac far and wide, throughout Europe. The Aleksandrović family cultivates vines and made wines for more than a century. From the very beginning they cooperated closely with the royals and cellar masters and also were among founders of the Vinča Winemaking Cooperative.
When the famous royal cellar master Živan Tadić, who immigrated to Canada after the World War Two, learned that the family Aleksandrović was restoring winemaking tradition of Oplenac, he consequently sent Vinča the original recipe - a blend composition of Trijumf - the best wine from the royal cellars. Trijumf was enjoyed on various royal courts before the World War Two. Therefore, in our cellar, based on yellow manuscript, we started writing new pages of the long family history of winemaking, relying on our ancestors’ experience, latest scientific advances and modern technology.
IT IS A GREAT ONE ...... THANX FRIEND!
SANTÉ , SALUTE AND PROOST !