Croatian wine of Croatian wine is white, with most of the remainder being red, and only a small percentage is rosé wines. In 2010, Croatia ranked 30th in wine producing countries with an estimated 50,000 tonnes. Wine is a popular drink in Croatia, and locals traditionally like to drink wine with their meals. Quite often, the wine is diluted with either still or sparkling water - producing a drink known as (a combination of white wine and carbonated water), and (a combination of red wine and still water). Like the rest of Central Europe and Southern Europe, viticulture in the present-day Croatia
Mixed chalice Mixed chalice In the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist, the mixed chalice is the admixture of emblessed water and emblessed wine. In preparing the sacrament, the priest blesses the water to represent the grace of God bestowed during baptism with water. The holy water is then mixed with red wine, which symbolises the blood of Christ, so as to represent the uniting of man-seeking-God (Baptism) and God-reaching-out-to-man (the Passion). In the same way, the Mass is a communion with the whole Christ: Jesus’s Incarnation, ministry, Passion and Resurrection. The mixed chalice also represents the hypostatic union, God incarnate, that subsists