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
Dots mark individual settlements. The hollow circle marks the Ponikve area. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
All 41 producers with the authors’ notes are in the book.
Postup–Orebić
2 wineriesCoastal slopes below Mount Sveti Ilija; Postup begins at the entrance to Orebić.
Places: Orebić
Kuna
10 wineriesVineyards inland at up to 500 m above sea level. Kuna is home to a cooperative.
Places: Kuna Pelješka, Prizdrina, Oskorušno, Košarni Do, Gornja Vrućica
Potomje
10 wineriesA village inland at about 320 m above sea level; one of the cadastral municipalities of the Dingač vineyard area.
Places: Potomje, Pijavičino
Putniković–Janjina
10 wineriesVineyards facing both the sea and inland.
Places: Putniković, Žuljana, Drače, Janjina, Trstenik
Ston–Ponikve
9 wineriesSton salt, oysters from Mali Ston Bay and wineries along the road to Ponikve.
Places: Ston, Broce, Ponikve
Reading on wine and food
Articles on wine, wineries and food from Pelješac, newest first. Start with Plavac Mali: it is planted in almost 90% of the vineyards on Pelješac.
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History
History of the Pelješac peninsula from the Illyrians to the emigrants: Dubrovnik from 1333, the Great Wall of Ston, the Napoleon road, Orebić's captains. - Place · Ston–Ponikve
Ston cake
Ston cake (stonska torta) is a traditional Croatian dessert of macaroni and nuts baked in pastry, from Ston on Pelješac: what goes into it and its history. - Place
Pelješac food
Pelješac food from Mali Ston oysters and mussels to olive oil, brodet, Ston cake and varenik: what the Croatian peninsula grows, cooks and celebrates. - Story
Wine awards
Pelješac wine awards from the organisers' own results: Decanter, IWC, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and Sabatina medals for Dingač, Postup and more. - Journal
Žuljana vineyards above Vučine beach: an evening on Pelješac
A plaque commemorating King Tomislav’s coronation, the Škafet café and vineyards above Vučine beach: an evening in Žuljana on Pelješac, 14 October 2026. - Place · Ston–Ponikve
Ston salt
The Ston salt pans beside the town of Ston on Pelješac, Croatia: their history under the Republic of Dubrovnik, how the salt is made and what is protected. - Journal
Favourite lunch in Drače: oysters and mussels buzara
Oysters with lemon and a big tray of mussels buzara: on 8 October 2026 the authors had lunch near Drače on Pelješac, at the same place as in 2013. - Journal
Plavac Mali in October: grapes in Žuljana, Pelješac
Dark blue grapes among red and yellow leaves: photos of Plavac Mali from Žuljana on the Pelješac peninsula, Croatia, October 2026. - Journal
Before the olive harvest in Croatia: Pelješac, October 2026
Green, purple and almost black olives on a walk from Žuljana towards Putniković: Pelješac, Croatia, 12 October 2026, just before the harvest. - Journal
Gornja Vrućica, Pelješac: a village walk in the rain
Stone houses and wet lanes: on 12 October 2026 the authors walked through Gornja Vrućica, a village in the Municipality of Trpanj on Pelješac, in the rain. - Place · Ston–Ponikve
Ston oysters
Ston oysters are European flat oysters farmed in Mali Ston Bay on Pelješac under an EU protected designation of origin. Farming, season and festival. - Wine · Kuna
Plavac Mali
Plavac Mali is a native Croatian red grape from Dalmatia. How to pronounce it, where it grows, what the wine is like and how it relates to Zinfandel. - Place · Postup–Orebić
Dingač and Postup
Dingač wine from Pelješac in Croatia: the EU protected designation, the steep slopes, the rules for the wine, how it tastes, and the Postup vineyards. - Winery · Putniković–Janjina
OPG Grgurević
OPG Grgurević Janjina winery, from the book Croatian Pelješac — Wine and Food: family vineyards, Plavac Mali and Rukatac, cellar and sales in Drače. - Recipe · Ston–Ponikve
Croatian sea bass in a Ston salt crust
Croatian sea bass in salt crust with Ston salt, baked under the peka or in the oven: a recipe from the book, with a Pošip Mili pairing.
From the book to the web
The book
Croatian Pelješac — Wine and Food
41 wineries with the authors’ notes and 11 recipes from Pelješac.
The English edition is sold out.