Walking on the Moon

Josip Brkić and biodynamics in Bosnia-Herzegovina

For Josip Brkić, every year is an experiment - "Sometimes I bottle them, sometimes I don't", he tells me as we talk in his rather well appointed tasting room in central Čitluk (a winemaking town in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Mostar region).

Mjeseċąr is one that made the grade. Translated as "Moonwalker", the name is an homage to Brkić's conversion to biodynamic farming. It's both a sensitive interpretation of the region's indigenous Žilavka grape variety (pronounced something like "gee-lav-kah" but with a very soft "g"), and a successful "orange wine".