Pelješac wineries

Where to find it

The winery gives its address on its website as Kuna 96, 20243 Kuna Pelješka. The same address appears in the list of wineries published by the Dubrovnik-Neretva County Tourist Board. Kuna Pelješka belongs to the Kuna area.

Visits

The winery's website does not describe visits or tastings; ask about them using the contact details on its website. The Dubrovnik-Neretva County Tourist Board includes the winery in its list of Pelješac wineries, and current details are on the board's page.

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Wines

According to its website, the winery makes red wines from the Plavac Mali grape, a rosé, the dessert wine Prošper and the white wines Rukatac and Pošip. Its website names eleven wines:

• Dingač Palihnić: vrhunsko vino (the Croatian top-quality wine category) from Plavac Mali from the steep slopes of Dingač, aged in oak barriques.
• Dingač Riserva Palihnić: vrhunsko vino from selected Plavac Mali grapes from the slopes of Dingač, more than two years in barriques.
• Postup Palihnić: vrhunsko vino from Plavac Mali.
• Plavac mali Selekcija Palihnić and Dragon's Blood Palihnić: vrhunsko vino from Plavac Mali.
• Plavac mali Palihnić, Plavac Barrique Palihnić, Rosé Palihnić and the dessert wine Prošper Palihnić: wines from Plavac Mali.
• Rukatac Palihnić and Pošip kvalitetno Palihnić: white wines in the Croatian kvalitetno vino (quality wine) category.

History

According to its own website, the family founded its winery in 1996, building on a tradition of life with the vine that it traces back to the 14th century. Today, according to the website, it tends about 60,000 vines of its own, works with more than 50 growers and makes about 700,000 litres of wine, 50,000 litres of which age in oak barriques.

Awards

The result lists of the Sabatina competition, organised by Zadružni savez Dalmacije, give these awards for wines of PELJEŠKI VINOGRADAR d.o.o. from Kuna Pelješka (the organiser's titles in the original wording):

• Sabatina 2016: “Šampioni plavaca” (Plavac champions), Dingač 2015.
• Sabatina 2019: “Šampion vina sorte plavac” (champion among Plavac wines), Dingač 2017.
• Sabatina 2020: “Šampion vina sorte plavac”, Dingač Riserva 2018; gold medal for Dingač 2019.
• Sabatina 2022: “Šampion - najbolje vino Sabatine i najbolje vino sorte plavac” (champion: best wine of Sabatina and best Plavac wine), Dingač 2019; “Velika zlatna medalja za kvalitetu proizvoda” (grand gold medal for product quality) for Dingač Riserva 2015; gold medals for Postup 2019 and Plavac mali Selekcija 2019.
• Sabatina 2025: gold medal for Dingač Riserva 2019 and silver for Dingač 2022.

More awards for wines from Pelješac: Pelješac wine awards.

Where to find it

The winery gives its address as Potomje 49a, Potomje 20244. Potomje belongs to Općina Orebić and to the Potomje area. A map and current contact details are on the winery's website, dingac.hr.

Visits

On its website the winery invites visitors (“Posjeti nas”, visit us). Use the contact form on the winery's website to ask whether a visit is possible and what arrangements apply. Madirazza wines can also be bought in the online shop on the winery's website.

Madirazza wines: Dingač, Postup and more

• Dingač: Dingač Nobile, with the site given as “najstariji vinogradi položaja Dingač” (the oldest vineyards of the Dingač site); Dingač Grande Riserva, from “starih, strmih vinograda položaja Dingač” (old, steep vineyards of the Dingač site); also Dingač Selekcija and Dingač Tramontana 9bf. Dingač is an EU protected designation of origin.
• Postup: Postup Madirazza, with the site given on the website as “Postup Pelješac”.
• Plavac Mali: Plavac Mali Selekcija Madirazza.
• White wines: Pošip Madirazza; Pošip Garbinada 8bf from grapes from the sites printed as “Smokvice i Čare” (Smokvica and Čara) on the island of Korčula; Vino Grk Herakles; D'Oro Nobile, a blend of Pošip and Grk; and the sparkling Rukatac Madirazza Pet Nat.

The current range and prices are on the winery's website, dingac.hr.

Where to find it

The winery says its vineyards and the winery itself are on the sunny slopes of Pelješac, in the village of Potomje, which belongs to Općina Orebić. The exact address and contact details are on its website's Contact page; check the directions there too. Its Locations page lists, besides the cellar and tasting room in Potomje, a restaurant called Dingač at Borak. Potomje belongs to the Potomje area.

Visits and tastings

According to the winery, the cellar has a tasting and conference hall where its wine is served with local food from a caterer. Its website says the cellar and the oil mill are open for tastings and visits. To book a tasting, use the form accessed via Degustacije in the website menu. Ask the winery about opening hours and prices through its website, matusko-vina.hr.

Wines

On its website the winery lists Plavac, Dingač, Zinfandel, Postup and Cuvee among its reds, and Pošip, Graševina, Rukatac, Chardonnay and Cuvee among its whites.

Dingač and Postup are names of vineyard sites on Pelješac where the Plavac Mali grape grows.

Wine can be ordered through the form accessed via Webshop in the website menu.

History

According to its own website, the winery first made wine for the market in 1997, in a small winery in Potomje. The court register lists MATUŠKO-VINA d.o.o. with a founding declaration dated 11 December 1997. Today the winery cites a cellar of more than 3,000 m², where wine also ages in barriques, and says its wines are sold as far away as China.

Awards

At the Sabatina wine assessment, organised by Zadružni savez Dalmacije, the organiser's result lists name these wines of MATUŠKO VINA d.o.o. from Potomje:

• Sabatina 2025: gold medal for Pošip Battonage 2024.
• Sabatina 2022: silver medals for Grk 2021 and Zinfandel Selection 2018.
• Sabatina 2021: “Šampion vina sorte plavac” (the organiser's title: champion among Plavac wines), MATUŠKO VINA d.o.o., Dingač Reserva 2013.

More awards for wines from Pelješac: Pelješac wine awards.

Where to find it

The winery gives its address as Pijavičino, 20244 Potomje, Pelješac. The page with details of the online shop's point of sale gives the address Gornje Pijavičino 7, 20244 Potomje. Pijavičino belongs to the Potomje area.

Visits

The winery's website does not mention tastings or tours today. For any questions it offers a contact form, which you can also use to ask about a visit.

Wines

• Dingač: vrhunsko vino (the Croatian top-quality wine category) from Plavac Mali. Dingač is an EU protected designation of origin (eAmbrosia, PDO-HR-A1649).
• Dingač Reserva: according to the winery, a selection of the best Plavac Mali grapes, aged in small oak barrels.
• Postup: vrhunsko vino from Plavac Mali, according to the winery exclusively from the Postup site on the southern slopes of Pelješac. Postup is a vineyard site, not an EU protected designation of origin.
• Plavac and Plavac Premium: kvalitetno vino (the Croatian quality wine category) from Plavac Mali.
• Rose: a dry rosé made from Plavac Mali, in the Croatian kvalitetno vino (quality wine) category.
• Pošip and the Elegance line (Dingač Elegance, Plavac Elegance, Pošip Elegance, Crljenak Elegance).

History

According to the winery, its story begins in 1992, when its founder was able to start working as a private grape grower and wine producer in Croatia. According to the winery's website (as of October 2026), the cellar holds 600,000 litres in stainless steel tanks and oak barrels, and the wines are exported to more than 25 countries.

Where to buy Skaramuča wine

The winery runs an online shop on its website, with delivery within Croatia and abroad. Prices and terms are given there.

Where to find it

The Grgić winery is in Trstenik on the Pelješac peninsula, in the Putniković–Janjina area. The exact address and contact details are on the winery's website, grgic-vina.com.

Visits and tastings

The contact page of the winery's website has a form with a field for the reservation date, and the home page asks you to book a slot. Ask about opening hours and visiting arrangements there too.

Wines: Plavac Mali and Pošip

The winery's website shows two wines today, a red Plavac Mali and a white Pošip; the winery says it concentrates on exactly these two Croatian grape varieties. According to the winery, all its wines are in the vrhunsko vino category (the Croatian top-quality wine category).

According to the winery, it selects grapes for its Plavac Mali from the best vineyards of well-known sites, including Dingač, which is entered in the EU register as a protected designation of origin. The Plavac Mali ferments with natural yeasts and ages in French oak barrels.

According to the winery, the grapes for the Pošip come from the Čara area on the island of Korčula. The Pošip is made from the white Pošip grape, ferments slowly at a low temperature and also ages in French oak barrels. The winery also says it pays particular attention to ecological cultivation.

History: Mike Grgich and the winery

One of the winery's founders, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich (in Croatian, Miljenko Grgić), was born in Desne near Metković on 1 April 1923. He arrived in California's Napa Valley in 1958 and worked at several wineries there. In 1972 he joined Chateau Montelena as its winemaker.

On 24 May 1976, French judges in Paris blind-tasted six California Chardonnays against four white Burgundies. TIME reported the result on 7 June 1976 under the title “Judgment of Paris”. First among the white wines was the Chateau Montelena 1973, the Chardonnay Grgich had made there.

In 1977 he co-founded the Grgich Hills winery in the Napa Valley. According to the winery, the family winery Grgić vina was founded in 1996 to make wine from native Dalmatian grape varieties, and it names Grgich among its founders. The Croatian court register lists it as the company GRGIĆ VINA d.o.o. Grgich died in Calistoga, California, on 13 December 2023, aged 100.