Artists class

Košutići is a small, some would say ordinary Istrian village.

We don’t think so. Košutići is a small, unusual Istrian village.

Wonderful things happen here. Here you can meet people with all sorts of interests and professions.

Artists class

We recently had the honor of hosting a class of artists from Austria in our villas.

The participants spent a few days in Košutići to rest and relax, and from there traveled to places that they found to be interesting subjects for their artwork.

They chose our olive grove as one of the subjects for their paintings. They took advantage of the pleasant, sunny afternoon and immortalized our garden.

Artists class – artists
Artists class – artists
Artists class – artists
Artists class – artists

We didn’t want to disturb them with their work, but simply toasted everyone to successful work, beautiful pictures and, in the end, even more beautiful memories.

Artists class – works


As a souvenir, we received a drawing of our house, as seen from the olive grove.

Artists class – the house drawing

We will proudly hang it on our house wall. And of course, we will remember the wonderful encounter with wonderful people.

We would like to thank Ms. Michaela and her group of artists for the pleasant moments we were able to spend in good company with people who create something beautiful.

Our Cangarela olive oil from the 2025 vintage showed high quality

During Christmas 2025, we achieved great success.

At the 30th International Olive and Olive Oil Quality Event ‘Liquid Green Gold of Istria’, the results of the Olive Oil Evaluation were announced.

As every year, we sent our young olive oil from the 2025 harvest to the Event for evaluation.

Our extra virgin olive oil received a Gold Medal with a score of 8.14. The winner received a score of 8.41. 98 samples were evaluated, and we took 26th place.

Cangarela Gold Medal 2026

We confirmed this good result at the end of March. At the 11th Olive Festival in Zagreb, a total of 323 olive oil samples were evaluated. Our extra virgin olive oil from the 2025 harvest received the Gold Medal for quality and took a high 49th place with 92.20 points out of 100 possible). The winner had 94.80 points.

Zoran Štefulj / Cangarela – gold medal 11th Olive Festival in Zagreb, 2026

This confirmed our belief that we are doing a good job and that we can be proud of the results.
Welcome! Come and taste our extra virgin olive oil.

Winter in Košutići

Most of our guests and friends have in mind the image of Istria and Košutići from the summer months. Hot, high sun, blue sky, greenery, or the grass in the meadows browned from drought. Swimming in the pool, sunbathing, or escaping to the shade from the too strong sun.

There is also that other image of Istria…

A few days ago we were returning to Košutići after spending the Christmas and New Year holidays with our children and grandchildren. It was a wonderful time full of laughter, joy at seeing each other and happiness at being together.

The road was… well, let’s say quite snowy. Snow by the road, snow on the road, a snowstorm, a strong bora.

Winter in Košutići – snow on highway

All of that was slowly behind us as we neared the end of the road.

Winter in Košutići – road sign
Winter in Košutići – narrow snowy road

Suddenly we realized that the snow around us was getting thicker, and that it was everywhere around us. The branches were bent under the weight of the wet snow. A rare sight that we ourselves had only seen a few times in the last twenty-five years in Košutići.

Our olive trees looked strange to us under the weight of the snow. The poor things looked
more like sad willows than the cheerful trees that we so enjoy talking to all year round.

Winter in Košutići – Cangarela olives

Our yard didn’t look any more ‘summery’, if that word can be used for January.

Cangarela in winter – yard view
Cangarela in winter – olives in snow

We believe that few of our guests ever imagined that the village where they enjoy their summer could look like this.

Cangarela in winter – Villa 115
Cangarela in winter – Villa 115
Cangarela in winter – Villa 117
Cangarela in winter – Villa 117 yard view
Cangarela in winter – Villa 119 yard view

However, not everything is so terrible. The next morning we were greeted by much brighter pictures. The sun came out, we could see small birds, most of which had come to us to spend the winter, escaping the winter in the north.

Cangarela in winter – morning sun
Cangarela in winter – sunny morning view

And the deer, which normally stay away from people and villages, came closer to the houses to find something to eat. It seems they found something they liked under our olive trees.

Cangarela in winter – deer in olive trees

And everything seems warmer again. Summer isn’t that far away.