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On September 22 we celebrated the Decanter Platinum award won by Graševina de Gotho with Kutjevo winemaker

Published: 22.09.2026

Ivo Kozarčanin

Bakhov Sin

The lamb is roasting, come on over! That was the brief, clear invitation from Kutjevo's winemaker Ivan Marinclin after we called to congratulate him on winning a major Decanter award. My friend Ivan Dropuljić and I were returning from a trip to Hungary and wanted to visit another Ivan, our friend and fellow wine lover Ivan Enjingi, before heading back to Zagreb. Just before entering Kutjevo, we heard on the radio that the Graševina de Gotho 2018 from the Kutjevo winery had won a Decanter Platinum Medal. Marinclin’s follow-up to the invitation was equally brief and clear: Bring Ivan Enjingi along, too!

On September 22 we celebrated the Decanter Platinum award won by Graševina de Gotho with Kutjevo winemaker

We took the advice, picked up Ivan Enjingi, and arrived just minutes before the lamb was taken off the spit. Naturally, Enjingi brought wine; naturally, Marinclin brought some too; and naturally, the whole thing dragged on...

kutjevo-de-gotho-platina-pecenje — The lamb was nearly done...

kutjevo-de-gotho-platina-soljenje — ... so we just added a little salt

Naturally, we set off for Zagreb the next day, and naturally, it is lovely to remember it. Thanks to Facebook for reminding us of the get-together of the four Ivans, which wasn't even the first one:

kutjevo-enjingi-cetiri-ivana-2018-1 — Ivan Enjingi, Ivan Dropuljić, Ivan Marinclin and Ivo Kozarčanin in 2018. ·

ivan-marinclin — Ivan Marinclin has been the chief winemaker at the Kutjevo winery since 2014.