Andro Tomić founded his winery in 1993, under the company name Bastijana, but the family’s winemaking goes back well over a century. Before setting up on his own he spent years training in France, at universities, research institutes and wineries.
The winery stands above Mina bay in Jelsa. Its tasting room, the Triclinium, is an underground stone cellar modelled on the dining rooms of Roman times, which is why the top tasting is a Roman feast served in togas. The house motto: drink by the hour, not by the litre.
The vineyards are all on Hvar: in Vira bay, on the Stari Grad Plain and around Jelsa, much of it farmed organically, with grapes also bought from regular growers. The barrique plavac mali comes from Ivan Dolac, Sveta Nedjelja and Jagodna on the south slope.
The range is one of the widest on the island: bogdanuša; Beleca, a blend of pošip and bogdanuša; pošip; Opolo Nobile, a plavac mali rosé; plavac and a barrique plavac mali; Illyricum and Caplar, which blend cabernet sauvignon with plavac mali; Veliki Plavac Mali, bottled only in magnums; and two prošeks, Hektorovich, from bogdanuša, maraština, prč and muscat, and Moro, from plavac mali.
1993Winery founded as Bastijana
TrainingAndro Tomić, in France
TricliniumUnderground stone cellar in Roman style
VineyardsVira bay, Stari Grad Plain, around Jelsa