Grk White Wine-Only from Korcula Island

On the island of Korcula in a small village called Lumbarda that is about 5 miles away from Korcula Town and slightly over an hour walk lies a unique mixture of soil, climate, sea salt and sunshine that produces a very dry white wine known as Grk. I had the pleasure of walking to Lumbarda and spending an entire day tasting wine, swimming at a couple of beaches and talking with a few locals. Unfortunately the walk is along a main road as opposed to through the vinyards and farms. Some good signage along the back trails would have a profound benefit for Lumbarda Agro-tourism and bring the wine drinking public closer to the producers and the scenery.
Grk is not everyones cup of tea or in this case, glass of wine. I particulary liked the Grk that I found from the Bire family--Vesna and Franz. They bottle about 10,000 bottle or maybe it was 10,000 cases. Either way, it's a small operation. I had their 2009 bottling and it was quite good, actually. You may be able to find Grk varietal wines in Boise at the Bosnian market but most wines imported from Croatia to the U.S. are in short supply and relatively expensive for what they really are. Expect to pay $20 a bottle for something that would likely cost $10 to $12 if it were from Chile, Argentina or even California.