Master of Wine Jo Ahearne picks 1st Hvar grapes with Andro Tomic

After moving to Croatia's premier island, Master of Wine Jo Ahearne picks her first grapes on a journey to produce quality Hvar wine. The island of Hvar's colourful 2,400-year wine story opened a new chapter on September 24, 2014, as Master of Wine Jo Ahearne brought the first freshly-picked grapes to the Bastijana winery in Jelsa, the first concrete step in her new direction to produce her own wine on Croatia's premier island.

Ahearne, who is one of only 314 Masters of Wine in the world, has had a short but intense relationship with Hvar wines, starting out as a guest at Dalmacija Wine Expo in Split in April, where she was pleasantly surprised by the quality and variety of Croatian wines, as she explained in an interview with Digital Journal at the time.

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