Krasica cellar in the Bujstina known for skin-contact and long-macerated wines, including the Ottocento range and single-vineyard Refosk bottlings from red-soil sites around Buje.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturday 10:00-14:00.
Tip: The Ottocento range shows the estate's longer-maceration house style; ask which vintage is currently pouring.
Savudrija estate founded in 1996 across 17 hectares of Bujstina soil, working Malvazija and Teran alongside Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot under the Contarini and Terre Bianche labels.
Tasting: Winery tastings Monday-Friday 8:00-15:00, Saturday 9:00-14:00, closed Sunday; enoteca open Monday-Saturday 10:00-19:00, Sunday 10:00-14:00.
Tip: The enoteca keeps longer hours than the winery itself if you arrive without a booking.
Koreniki estate near Umag focused almost entirely on two grapes, Malvazija Istarska and Teran, bottled as Gran Malvazija and Gran Teran alongside a Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon blend called Grabar.
Tasting: Cellar-door visits and tastings by reservation via the winery's contact page.
Tip: Grabar, the Merlot-Cabernet blend, is the estate's departure from its usual two-grape focus.
Brtonigla family winery whose vineyards date to 1938, working Malvazija Istarska, Refosco and Teran across still, rose and traditional-method sparkling bottlings alongside its own olive oil.
Tasting: Tastings with panoramic vineyard views and on-site sales. Open Monday-Saturday 9:00-18:00, Sunday 10:00-14:00.
Tip: The estate also presses its own olive oil from Istarska bjelica and Leccino trees; ask for a combined tasting.
Multi-generation Brtonigla estate whose 4 Terre series separates Malvazija Istarska by soil type, alongside Kappi Teran and a wide indigenous and international varietal range.
Tasting: Cellar visits with a short winery and cellar presentation; reservation by phone or email.
Tip: The 4 Terre Malvazija series is a useful side-by-side lesson in how soil changes the same grape.
Young Buje winery built around the Kastanjari and Cupiga vineyard sites, whose 2023 Marchiori Malvazija Istarska took a Platinum medal at the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Tasting: Tasting room opened 2023, pouring wine, olive oil and rakija flights with views of Buje's old town.
Tip: The 2023 tasting room looks straight over Buje's old town; ask for a seat on the terrace side.
Buje hilltop tasting room from the Bastian family pouring Malvazija and international varietals alongside olive oil and rakija, terrace views over the old town, open Tuesday to Sunday.
Tasting: A modern tasting room in Buje's old town pours wine, extra virgin olive oil and house rakije with a terrace view over the hilltop town, open Tuesday to Sunday without a booking requirement.
Ecologically farmed cellar door above Brtonigla pouring Malvazija Istarska and Teran with a vineyard-view terrace, open Monday to Saturday with Sunday morning hours.
Tasting: Vineyard-view tastings at the Kanfanar-Brtonigla estate, poured from organically farmed Malvazija and Teran, open Monday to Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Cattunar's Nova Vas cellar tastes the same Malvazija and Teran across its four distinct soil types, the estate's signature Four Terre concept, in a 5,000 hectolitre cellar surrounded by 40 hectares of vines.
Tasting: The tasting walks through Cattunar's four-soils concept, comparing the same varietal grown on the estate's four distinct terroirs before a flight of the Premium and Four Terre ranges.
Krasica cellar door for Clai's spontaneously fermented, unfiltered natural wines, open Monday to Friday mornings through afternoon and Saturday mornings, no appointment needed.
Tasting: Visitors taste Clai's spontaneously fermented, unfiltered range straight from the Krasica cellar where the wines age in wood on extended lees contact before bottling.
San Rocco's wine-and-food tavern in central Brtonigla, a short walk from the hotel, pouring the estate's own wine plus a short regional glass list of Bujstina Malvazija and Teran.
The list: Wine-forward tasting tavern run by the San Rocco hotel team, pouring the estate's own Cavallier-soil wine alongside a short regional list built around Bujstina Malvazija and Teran.
Pours: Malvazija Istarska, Teran
The same Buje old-town terrace as Bastian's tasting room, run as a walk-in glass-pour bar Tuesday to Sunday with views over the hilltop town.
The list: Walk-in terrace pouring Bastian's Malvazija, Merlot, Chardonnay and Muscat by the glass alongside the house olive oil and rakija, no appointment needed during opening hours.
Pours: Malvazija Istarska, Muscat
Vineyard-view glass-pour terrace at Veralda's Brtonigla estate, open Monday to Saturday with Sunday morning hours, no reservation required.
The list: Walk-in glass pours of Veralda's organically farmed Malvazija and Teran on the vineyard-view terrace, alongside direct cellar-door bottle sales.
Pours: Malvazija Istarska, Teran
Fernetich family hotel restaurant in Brtonigla pairing chef Floriana Ruzic's Istrian hinterland-to-sea menu with an interesting wine list and four house olive oils.
Awards: Michelin Guide, one star (Croatia 2026) 2026, Jeunes Restaurateurs member 2026
Cellar-door shop in Buje's old town selling Bastian's Malvazija, Merlot, Chardonnay and Muscat bottlings alongside the estate's olive oil and rakija.
Direct cellar-door sales of Veralda's organically farmed Malvazija Istarska and Teran, open Monday to Saturday with Sunday morning hours.
Bottle shop at Cattunar's Nova Vas cellar selling the Standard, Premium and Four Terre single-soil ranges, with a webshop for wider distribution.
Weekly Wednesday-evening wine walk through Novigrad's old town each summer, pouring wines from Bujstina producers at stops along the harbour front.
Tip: Arrive at 4pm sharp, the walk moves through a fixed set of stops and later arrivals miss the earlier pours.
Small rakija program run alongside Bastian's Buje winery, pot-distilling estate grape pomace into a house rakija poured on the same tasting terrace as the wine.
Fernetich family boutique hotel in Brtonigla built around its Michelin-starred restaurant, house olive oil and the estate's Cavallier-soil wine vinegar.
The list: House wine and Primizia tavern tastings drawn from the Bujstina Malvazija and Teran range served across the Michelin restaurant and tavern.
Cattunar's own residence stay at its Nova Vas cellar, close to the coast and Novigrad, Porec and Umag, built for guests visiting the estate's four-soils wine range.
The list: Cellar tastings across the Standard, Premium and Four Terre single-soil ranges included with a stay.
Evening glass-pour service at San Rocco's Brtonigla wine tavern, the same address as its daytime tasting menu, walking distance from the hotel.
The list: Evening service at San Rocco's wine-and-food tavern in central Brtonigla, pouring the estate's own wine and a short regional Bujstina glass list into the night.
Tip: Pair an evening glass here with a walk through Brtonigla's quiet old town.
Clai farms its Krasica vineyards under the EU organic logo displayed on its own site, feeding grapes into a natural, spontaneous-fermentation cellar with no added yeasts or enzymes.
Tip: Clai's organic farming and natural cellar work are two separate claims, ask which practice the winemaker considers more important to the final wine.
Veralda describes its Brtonigla vineyards and olive groves as farmed the ecological way, displaying an organic production mark on its own site across its Malvazija Istarska and Teran range.
Tip: The vineyard-view terrace makes the ecological farming visible, ask to see the cover-crop rows between the vine rows.
Clai vinifies with spontaneous skin-contact fermentation and no added enzymes, selected yeasts or malolactic bacteria, ageing in wood on extended lees before bottling without micro or sterile filtration.
Tip: Ask specifically for the skin-contact Malvazija to taste the house natural-wine style at its most direct.