Chateau Kamnik Winery

Our friends Aneta and Toni gave my husband a very special Macedonian welcome by arranging a private tour and wine tasting for us as soon as he landed in Skopje.  Visiting one of Macedonia's wineries was top on our list of things to do once he arrived.

While there are larger (and, perhaps, more famous) wineries here, we opted for one very near Skopje:  Chateau Kamnik.  Its founder is a wine enthusiast who now owns and operates this boutique winery.  One certainly does not have to sacrifice quality for convenience. Here, we had both.  Just a short drive outside of the city center, and we are driving through vineyards, to this lovely chateau, tasting award-winning Macedonian wines.

The story of this winery, as described on the Kamnik website:

"It all started as a very personal fascination with the wine-making art that the founder,
a wine enthusiast from Skopje, has always had; everything else came as a completely
natural nowadays expression of the authentic Macedonian wine-making traditions.
From collecting wines from all over the globe, through the first vines planted and their
transformation into vineyards, through the foundations of the boutique winery
resembling a castle, and the first barriques in it, to the first wines bottled, and then
many more travelling around the world, some winning great awards, this man shared
his vision with a team of excellent people, and turned it into a quest called Kamnik
Wines, our creations combining past and future, now; keeping our story alive."



We tasted a Sauvignon Blanc, Chadonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and, of course, Vranec. But the piece de resistance was the Golden Temjanika. Golden because of its color, yes. But I was captivated by the gold flecks suspended in the wine.

We had an informative tour and tasting, followed by a delicious lunch in the Hunter's Lodge. Cheers to good wine and good food and good friends!  Благодарам, Aneta and Toni!

For more about the Kamnik Winery:  http://chateaukamnik.com/
    including a one-minute video:  Kamnik video on YouTube
facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/ChateauKamnikWinery/

Cheers to my husband's arrival in Skopje! with the Golden Tamjanika

 

 

 

Chateau Kamnik

the sparkling wine is hand turned here

 

shipments are ready...now I am wondering if we can get Kamnik wines in the US?!

 

the tasting room has lovely views of Skopje

 

our wine selections

I need to find a way to ship Macedonian wine back home to Florida!

we had an excellent guide

 

 

this is the Golden Tamjanika! how fun for special celebrations

 

what a delicious meal at the Hunter's Lodge with delightful friends