In the DCD Facebook group of our Drenova Social Center, Damir Medved published comparative pictures of Grohov once and today where it is nice to see how there used to be vineyards and cultivated areas around Grohovo that are now neglected and overgrown with forest.
In the above paintings, the difference between the era of dam construction (1964-1966) and today's era can be beautifully seen.
I've known the goddess for a long time. Josip Šikić, a Grohov resident who confirmed to me in a conversation that Grohovo used to live in a really different way and that Grohovo was surrounded by vineyards and gardens. We also know about the mills and columns that have also disappeared.
Mr. Šikić tells me how vineyards existed on both sides of today's Lake Valići and how they flourished beautifully thanks to loam, which is a keeper of moisture that corresponds to the vine. These were not large vineyards, but smaller, drywalled areas where mostly white wine with some red wine was grown. Traces of these drywalls can still be found today. There, of course, vegetables were also grown for daily nutrition, and whoever had more wore it was sold on a plot in Rijeka.
It's Mr. Doyle's story. Sikic said that there were not as many vineyards as there were around Grohovo, around Pasac, in Šćitari on the slopes of Katarina in those more ancient times, neither on Grobnišćina nor around Kastav. The quantities of wine produced by the owners of the vineyards were not much more significant. Mostly for home use, and something was known to be sold. Since at that time there was not yet any technology and preparations that could maintain the quality of the wine, when the barrel was opened, it took relatively quickly that wine and consumed it so that it would not spoil. For this purpose, ‘Matice’ was organised.
In Zlatan Nadvornik’s book ‘Croatian wines, wine customs, wine drinks and wine ceremonies’, the author writes:
Mr. Sikic told me that in Grohovo it was a little different. Namely, the order was agreed between the winegrowers. And just as Nadvornik says, at the agreed time the villagers gathered at a certain landlord, the barrel would open, drink, cheer, and sell something. These were great events during those times, and they could take up to two days at a landlord's house. Those who were a little thirsty, who stayed overnight, would sleep in the hayloft, but the boss would take away "fajerc and fuminants" from everyone beforehand (as Mr Šikić tells me) so that there would be no fire if they wanted to light a cigarette in the way they were "happy". Basically – the barrel would be emptied!
Josip's prano did not maintain nuts because it produced high-quality wine that would be sold quickly.
An interesting detail was pointed out by Mr. It's a shikic. Namely, Grohovčani was the first to start preparing quality wine in (as he says) boutiques. In fact, it was something similar to today's champagne, and he still has a device somewhere to plug those boutiques.
A painting also provided to me by Mr. Gardner. Šikić shows the nut from 1958 (judging by the inscription on the back).
I don't know which boss.
In addition to selling wine and vegetables, many Grohovci were butchers, and as mentioned above Grohovo was also known for its mills and columns on a dug-out canal – the Rječina branch.
With the development of industry and the possibility of profit in Rijeka, vineyards were neglected and winemaking gradually disappeared.
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