THE OWNERS

My name is Jakša (Jack) Kivela and my wife's name is Fung Lin Leung and together, we have created our Fields of Grace Vineyards estate which includes extensive Mediterranean and rose gardens; a wine tasting pavilion; cellar; a private stay-over cottage; and vegetable gardens.  The estate is a wholly registered primary producing vineyard entity (OPG Fields of Grace - 219951) by the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture.    

I was born on Vis, however, I spent most of my life in Australia and Hong Kong. I am a classically trained chef having completed my training at the then Michelin rated restaurant Le Chateau in Melbourne (1970-1974). I owned and operated my own restaurants, qualified as a master teacher. I read for my Doctoral degree at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and taught hotel management and hotel development, French cuisine and oenology at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for over 27 years

My wife Fung Lin, is from Hong Kong and is an outstanding corporate lawyer specialising in gas and oil and petro-chemical contracts. 

Interestingly, her first degree was in hotel management and tourism. She is greatly responsible for the vision of what Fields of Grace Vineyards is all about, and for all the gardens at the estate. Lin is an excellent practitioner of the Southern-Chinese and South-East Asian cuisines

Our estate is located in a beautiful small valley called Zlopolje, a few kilometres South-East from the town of Vis on the island Vis, Croatia

 The valley is gifted with amazing terroir and quiet grace. 

 With great care and skill, we craft our vintages to please and excite our customers and to offer a unique wine tasting experience in a working but private vineyard setting

Ours is a small boutique winery and our wines are uniquely distinctive from the wines in the region.  This is because we maintain a strict regime in controlling our pre and post harvesting parameters and vinification processes to produce clean crisp wines with light alcoholic content. As much as we dare, we apply our knowledge to bring to you the complex varietal nuances in our wines as nature intended 

For 2026 (vintage 2025) we will offer The Grace Red (Merlot), Vugava, Grace Rosé (Cabernet Sauvignon), Grace White (Welschriesling also known as Graševina), and Kuc (also known as Trbljan and Mostosa). Cellar door price per 750ml bottle is 12 euro for Kuc, Welschriesling and Vugava, and 15 euro for Grace Rosé and The Grace Red 

To preserve the fragile but complex varietal aroma, taste, and to balance acidity, the quality of our wines begins in the vineyard. That is, we precisely determine the amount of bunches per vine in the spring. The level of sweetness, acidity, and pH is measured a number of times before the harvest, so that the percentage of alcohol, and varietal characteristics in the finished wine can be accurately determined. Vinification  for both our white and red wine, follows a strictly controlled fermentation regime of controlled cold fermentation with oxygen control.  All of our wines have these key characteristics - they are fresh, light with convincing compexity and with varietal character intact 

All of our wines are, and must be, quality tested and analysed by the Croatian Department of Agriculture - fittness for consumption. When the wine passes the analysis the Department can only then issue a permit allowing our wine to be sold to the public. You can find all this information on the back label of our wine bottles 

Lord Guang Gung guards our vineyards and home