Dear and esteemed partners and friends,
A week ago, on March 21 and 22, 2025, the International Wine and Gastro Festival WineRi 2025, which was, according to the evaluation of visitors, exhibitors, and media, the best ever, was held at the Rijeka Congress and Fair Center Exportdrvo.
First of all, big THANKS to all exhibitors, patrons, sponsors, partners and friends.
All information and announcements about all our activities and projects are published on our new portal Kvarner Wines and our exceptional brochure Kvarner Wines News and Web Shop.
You can download the photos of Ivana Čutura, Petar Kürscher, Ivor Mažar and Marin Klement in the next three days at the link – Photo, and a great reportage with the support of the Kvarner Tourist Board was shown in the show Fine and wine, while Marino Klement made a short promo video from the festival Clement video.More than 60 journalists (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and more than 120 caterers from Kvarner and surrounding counties (including Michelin, GaultMillau, JRE and Kvarner Gourmet labels) were accredited at the event, while we also had visitors from Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia and all over Croatia.
To announce the event, the Kvarner International Wine Trophy and the International Eno-Gastro Festival, almost 100 media releases were published (online, in the press, on television, on radio and on social networks), and we bring you just a few:
This year we received support and sponsorship and achieved great cooperation, for which we are extremely grateful, with:
We have also established excellent cooperation with regional organizations Graševina Croatica, Vino Dalmacije and Bregovita Hrvatska, as well as with the Directorate for Professional Support for Agricultural Development of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the VinoRs portal, which held excellent, educational, professional workshops at the Wine&Co Winery. Cooperation continued with the exceptional Srce za nju Association, which organized health workshops as part of the festival, and additional cooperation was established with the Rijeka Tourist Board, which initiated the promotion and presentation of the gastronomy of Rijeka and the Rijeka Ring in collaboration with Konoba Feral and chef Aleksandar Salević.
Please, if you have not done so, pay the cost of your exhibitor position – you have all been sent an invoice by e-mail from the e-invoice system.
Finally, we are announcing events in 2025 in which you can also participate as exhibitors by selling your products (voucher sales system):
In 2026, a significant year for Kvarner and the entire gastronomic Croatia, given that Kvarner holds the title of European Region of Gastronomy, we are announcing our three main projects:
We look forward to every future meeting and cooperation,
