Aging Wine at the Bottom of the Sea

February 26, 2021 admin aging, alcohol, Croatia, docs, documentary, Edi Bajurin, Food & Drink, gbs, great big story, lag, Mediterranean, Peljesac, red wine, Sea, Travel & Adventure, underground, vino, wine, winery

In the southern part of Croatia, in the peninsula of Pelješac, one winery is taking their love of wine *deep*—75 feet below the Mediterranean Sea’s surface. Wanting to combine his two favorite pastimes, winemaker and scuba diver Edi Bajurin built an underwater winery, with custom cages and secure clay amphora that store the bottles for a year and a half. But why underwater? For Edi, the ocean’s “silence” bestows and blesses wine with a certain richness unlike anything found above ground.

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