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your key to the peninsula’s 41 wineries
Jan Svoboda and Jaroslav Vrba visited wineries in five areas of Pelješac and tasted their wines. In the book you will find them with address, GPS and notes from the visit. Plus Ston salt and recipes from southern Dalmatia.
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“Wine is Earth’s answer to the Sun.”
Wines of Pelješac
From straw-coloured Pošip to almost black Dingač. For every winery the book tells you what it grows and which wine to taste.
A white wine the authors recommend with sea bass in a salt crust: Pošip Mili from the Miho Rozič winery in Ston.
Ston–Ponikve areaA rosé made from Plavac Mali, for example the one from the Bezek winery in Janjina. The authors recommend it with octopus salad.
Putniković–Janjina areaA native red variety, grown by all the winemakers on Pelješac. In 1998 DNA analysis showed that Zinfandel is one of its parents.
Kuna areaThe most important vineyard site, near Potomje, on steep south-facing slopes down to the sea. First protected wine (1961).
Potomje areaPassport pages
The book divides the peninsula into five wine areas, from Orebić to Ston. The authors visited every winery in them and wrote down what it grows, how it makes its wine, where to taste it and how to find it.
Coastal slopes directly next to Dingač, reaching as far as Orebić below Mount St. Ilija.
Villages: Orebić, Oskorušno
Vineyards inland at up to 500 m above sea level and old family cellars. Kuna is home to a cooperative founded in 1898.
Villages: Kuna, Prizdrina, Oskorušno, Košarni Do, Gornja Vručica
The village below Dingač, the most important vineyard site in the area, on steep south-facing slopes down to the sea.
Villages: Potomje, Pijavičino
Vineyards facing both the sea and inland. This is also where OPG Grgurević lies, with a stone cottage among the terraces where it was possible to stay overnight and taste wine at sunset.
Villages: Putnikoviči, Žuljana, Drače, Janjina, Trstenik
Salt pans that brought the Republic of Dubrovnik a third of its income until the 18th century, oysters from Mali Ston Bay and wineries at Ponikve.
Villages: Ston, Broce, Ponikve
The paintings of the areas and dishes are illustrations made only for this website and are not in the book. Winery counts follow the contents of the book (1st edition, 2016).
From the road, not the studio
Jan Svoboda and Jaroslav Vrba visited the wineries described in the book and tasted their wines. They took the photographs below on their travels, and some of them are in the book itself.
“A big thank-you goes to the winemakers for their hospitality and for providing the information that led to the birth of this book.”
Cuisine of southern Dalmatia
The book links ingredients with the places where they come from, and suggests a Pelješac wine for every dish. The paintings of the dishes are for the website only; the recipes are in the book.
Free sample
Six pages from the English edition: the peninsula, the Putniković–Janjina area, the Grgurević winery, Ston salt and a recipe. Read them as text on your phone, or download the PDF.
Book pages · 11–12Your visa to Pelješac
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The book records the visits as they were when it was written (1st edition, 2016). Check opening hours and tastings with the winemakers before you travel.
No. The paintings of the areas and dishes are illustrations made only for this website and are not in the book. The real places are shown by the authors’ travel photographs and the pages of the book.
The book is published in Czech, English, German and Croatian. All editions are printed (paperback) and have the same content and price. The availability of each edition is shown next to the book.
No. You choose the language of the book when you order, independently of the site language. You can read the site in English and order the Czech, German or Croatian edition.
Not yet. A free PDF sample is available; the book is sold in print only.
A native red variety, grown by all the winemakers on Pelješac. The name refers to its small blue grapes. In 1998 DNA analysis showed that Zinfandel is one of Plavac’s parents. According to later analyses, the other parent is Dobričić from Šolta.
Both are Plavac Mali vineyard sites on the seaward side of the peninsula. Dingač, near Potomje, has steep south-facing slopes. First protected wine (1961). Postup lies directly next to Dingač and reaches along the coastal slopes as far as Orebić.
In Kuna. PZ Kuna 1898 is the oldest wine cooperative on Pelješac, founded in 1898. Its vineyards lie at up to 500 m above sea level.
Some of the wineries in the book offer accommodation, for example OPG Grgurević in Janjina with a stone cottage in the vineyard, or Vinarija Mili in Ston. You will find the details in the individual winery profiles in the book.
