Porec-based wine, olive oil and cheese producer whose Vina Laguna label covers Malvazija Istarska, Teran, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon alongside the Festigia range and Riviera, an alcohol-free line.
Tip: Vina Laguna's bottles are the most widely stocked Istrian wines in Croatian supermarkets, a useful benchmark taste before visiting smaller cellars.
Visnjan estate dating to 1842 and run today by Peter Poletti, working Malvazija Istriana, Refosk, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon; the 2024 Chardonnay medalled at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2025.
Tasting: Guided wine and olive oil tastings by appointment, in the tavern or on a terrace over the coastline. Open Monday-Saturday 10:00-19:00.
Tip: Terrace tastings look out over roughly 30 km of coastline toward Porec.
Hillside tasting terrace above Visnjan with coastal views, pouring Poletti's Malvazija Istarska, Refosk and Chardonnay range alongside estate olive oil, open Monday to Saturday.
Tasting: Tastings on the estate's terrace look over roughly 30 kilometres of coastline, pairing the six-wine range with the estate's own olive oil.
County-wide self-guided route from the Istria Tourist Board mapping member wineries from Momjan to Motovun, the backbone that Vinistra and the seasonal wine-walk events sit on top of.
Istria's largest producers' fair, held annually in May at the Zatika hall in Porec, gathering more than 120 Vinistra member wineries for public and trade tastings across the peninsula's full range.
Tip: Vinistra runs alongside professional side events, ask the info desk which sessions are open to the public that day.
A dedicated Malvazija-only tasting and competition staged inside Vinistra week in Porec, comparing the fresh and barrel or amphora-aged styles of Istria's dominant white grape side by side.
Tip: This is the single best session of the year for tasting fresh versus amphora-aged Malvazija Istarska next to each other.