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Pelješac guide: wine, wineries and food

A peninsula 65 km long, which the book divides into five wine areas with 41 wineries. Choose the area you will be travelling to.

Five areas from the book

Map of Pelješac showing Orebić, Postup, Kuna Pelješka, Potomje, Janjina, Putniković and Ston, with the Ponikve area marked separately.

Dots mark individual settlements. The hollow circle marks the Ponikve area. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  1. Postup–Orebić

    2 wineries

    Coastal slopes directly next to Dingač, reaching as far as Orebić below Mount St. Ilija.

    Villages: Orebić, Oskorušno

    Passport page

  2. Kuna

    10 wineries

    Vineyards inland at up to 500 m above sea level. Kuna is home to a cooperative founded in 1898.

    Villages: Kuna, Prizdrina, Oskorušno, Košarni Do, Gornja Vručica

    Passport page

  3. Potomje

    10 wineries

    The village below Dingač, the most important vineyard site in the area, on steep south-facing slopes down to the sea.

    Villages: Potomje, Pijavičino

    Passport page

  4. Putniković–Janjina

    10 wineries

    Vineyards facing both the sea and inland.

    Villages: Putnikoviči, Žuljana, Drače, Janjina, Trstenik

    The story: OPG GrgurevićList, p. 10

  5. Ston–Ponikve

    9 wineries

    Ston salt, oysters from Mali Ston Bay and wineries along the road to Ponikve.

    Villages: Ston, Broce, Ponikve

    Recipe: sea bassSton salt, p. 14

From the book to the web

Travel photoPutniković–JanjinaAt the Grgurevićs’ in Janjinafrom the book, pp. 11–12Travel photoStonThe salt that belongs to Stonfrom the book, p. 14Web illustrationRecipeSea bass in a salt crustfrom the book, p. 15