Trstenik is a village on the
Pelješac peninsula in southern
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
,
Croatia.
History of Trstenik
Trstenik's historical facts are connected closely to the European Phylloxera vine event.
The 'Great French Wine Blight'
[ The Great 'French Wine Blight'] was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that destroyed many of the vineyards in France
and laid to waste the wine industry. The transfer of American vines and plants into Europe greatly increased
between roughly 1858 and 1862, and this is how the Phylloxera was accidentally introduced to Europe around 1860.
It is believed that the introduction of the blight-causing Phylloxera was not a problem before the advent of steamships,
which were faster and hence allowed the Phylloxera to survive the quicker ocean voyage.
At
that time
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the vine growers in Dalmatia sold their grapes on the international market,
where the Phylloxera arrived with a nearly 40 years of delay.
Trstenik flourished in becoming a busy port for selling grapes to Italy and beyond.
Today Trstenik's capable wine makers are selling their outstanding wines to the international market
and of course again to some yachts anchored in Trstenik's pittoresque bay.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 115.
It was 116 in 2011.
References
Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County
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