Wine Experiences
The Herzegovina wine route offers a unique and unforgettable experience for wine lovers from all over the world!
The region is renowned for its world-class wines, and visitors can explore a range of wineries, wine clubs, wine bars, and restaurants that offer an array of wine-related experiences. From wine tastings paired with local food to picnics in the vineyards, visitors can indulge in a variety of activities that will delight their senses.
Winery tours provide an opportunity to learn about the winemaking process, while premium experiences offer a chance to meet with winemakers and their families or enologists. Many experiences take place in stunning outdoor locations, such as on the banks of rivers or on historic sites, making the Herzegovina wine route a truly unique and unforgettable wine-tasting experience.
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Wine Experiences
Anđelić Wine Cellar
The Anđelić family has been dedicated to viticulture and the production of wine for over a century. The winery, notably, is run by a female sommelier and her children who are all wine enthusiasts and fantastic hosts. The ambiance of the space and the lively disposition of the Anđelić family will make your stay in Trebinje unforgettable.
Their quality wines, specializing in Žilavka and Vranac, are produced through familial devotion to the winemaking practice with the use of the best equipment available. The wine cellar is located seven meters underground and built into natural rock, offering natural conditions for aging the wine at a constant temperature as well as welcome relief to visitors on hot summer days. The wine tasting experience includes a tour of these cellars, delicious nibbles of homemade prosciutto and cheese, and a variety of wines produced on site. The family’s compelling history of winemaking will leave you enchanted.
Andrija Wine Cellars
The Ćorić family has a long tradition of winemaking, believed to extend to the first documentation of the family in the region over three hundred years ago. According to the family, “one could not possibly experience the full beauty of Andrija wines by only reading its descriptions, but also by tasting and drinking it moderately.” To taste is to truly experience the wine produced at the Andrija Wine Cellars. A visit to the family’s winery will not only include a tasting, but a visit to the cellar and surrounding vineyards, entrance to the old family home and museum, enjoyment of a range of traditional cuisine, and the potential to visit Paoča and its sites of historical importance.
To continue building upon the family tradition, in honor to grandfather and father Andrija the Ćorić family has built a new cellar, the capacity of which has already reached 1 million liters. With the most up to date equipment and expertise of proven oenologists, the vineyard has achieved great results in the production of high quality, top quality and archival wines & brandies.
Begić Wine Cellar
The Begić Winery is located along the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in the village of Prolog. The landscape is richly textured and colored with stone, wood, cultivated flowers, and an expansive vineyard. The family has been dedicated to the production of wine for over a century, but only began bottling wine with the intent of more commercial distribution in 1998.
Over the past two decades, the family has steadily increased production (currently at 20,000 bottles) while making investments in the most up to date technology to ensure premium quality wine. In particular, Begić is known for Plavac Mali, Plavac Mali Barrique, Plavac Rose, and Zilavka wines. A wine tasting at the family’s cellar can accommodate up to 50 guests and includes a selection of brandies produced on site as well as traditional Herzegovinian fare of cheese, prosciutto, fruits, and vegetables. The Begić family winery is an ideal place to slow your pace of travel for an afternoon, take in the peaceful ambiance of the country, and appreciate a quality Herzegovinian wine.
Carska Vina Grgo Vasilj
One hundred and fifty years ago, the AG cellar was founded on the love of grapes and the wine they produce. This still holds true today. The Vasilj family has been dedicated to winemaking for three generations. Today, their vineyards occupy a total area of 20 hectares, which are distributed through the areas of Medjugorje, Čitluk (Garište), Vionica, and Mostar. The sun from these ideal planting locations is reborn in the winery’s barrels. The name Carska Vina is linked to the revitalization of the winemaking practice in Herzegovina during the brief Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1918).
During this period, the Austro-Hungarian authorities planted the first large vineyards in Herzegovina. It is known that wine produced from these vines was received at the Viennese court, where even the royalty could not deny the quality of Herzegovina’s wine. This history is the inspiration for the name of the Vasilj family brand – Imperial Wines. Today, guests can taste these wines in the spacious halls of the winery while listening to stories that provide insight into the meaning and significance of Herzegovina’s winemaking tradition.
Čitluk Winery
Named for its location, Čitluk is one of the largest wineries in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winery was founded in 1957 – more than half a century it was part of the national agricultural economy, and since 2002 is privately owned. The winery has a respectable long tradition in the production of high quality wines. The vineyards stretch from Mostar to Čitluk on 400 ha of different locations. Chosen vineyard positions and favorable microclimate, together with a wise respect for tradition, on the one hand and the continuous modernization on the other hand, resulted in wines of distinctive flavors, full bodied and harmonious taste.
A tasting at Čitluk includes a visit to the Stone Vineyards, the largest plantation in the country. This area encompasses 100 hectares and is known for its unique appearance of what appears to be a stone desert transformed into a green oasis of vines. Romanca, Čitluk’s restaurant and wine cellar with a tasting room, was created as a logical extension of the winery and intended for wine based tourism developed in conjunction with the Herzegovina Wine Route.
Dabić Winery
The Dabić Winery is located in the heart of the fertile wine region of Eastern Herzegovina, just beyond the Dubrovnik hinterland. The winery represents an optimal blend of traditional viticulture and modern wine innovations, based on expert knowledge, contemporary equipment, and the latest technology in wine and brandy production. An agronomist by profession, the founder of the winery, Igor Dabić, honed his skills in foreign viticulture and winemaking regions. Upon his return to Herzegovina, he fully applied his acquired knowledge and rich experience to the improvement and development of both viticulture and the production of top-quality wines and premium brandies.
The winery boasts a wide range of wines produced from local and other grape varieties, as well as high-quality brandies, awarded with many prizes. The winery’s products are well-received and successfully marketed in the regional markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro. The winery owns its own facility located along the Dubrovnik-Trebinje road in the village of Bihovo/Volujac. In addition to the modern winery, the facility also includes a tavern with a capacity of 50 seats, where individually or in organized tourist groups, visitors can taste all Dabić Winery’s products in a pleasant atmosphere and under expert guidance.
Discover their uniqueness along with traditional food from the Herzegovina region!
- Opening hours: Mon-Sun 09:00-20:00
- Type of production: Family – authentic
- Capacity: Tastyng Room capacity 50
- Payment method: Cash, Card, Invoice
- Language: ENG
- Accommodation – No
Anđelić Wine Cellar
The Anđelić family has been dedicated to viticulture and the production of wine for over a century. The winery, notably, is run by a female sommelier and her children who are all wine enthusiasts and fantastic hosts. The ambiance of the space and the lively disposition of the Anđelić family will make your stay in Trebinje unforgettable.
Their quality wines, specializing in Žilavka and Vranac, are produced through familial devotion to the winemaking practice with the use of the best equipment available. The wine cellar is located seven meters underground and built into natural rock, offering natural conditions for aging the wine at a constant temperature as well as welcome relief to visitors on hot summer days. The wine tasting experience includes a tour of these cellars, delicious nibbles of homemade prosciutto and cheese, and a variety of wines produced on site. The family’s compelling history of winemaking will leave you enchanted.
Andrija Wine Cellars
The Ćorić family has a long tradition of winemaking, believed to extend to the first documentation of the family in the region over three hundred years ago. According to the family, “one could not possibly experience the full beauty of Andrija wines by only reading its descriptions, but also by tasting and drinking it moderately.” To taste is to truly experience the wine produced at the Andrija Wine Cellars. A visit to the family’s winery will not only include a tasting, but a visit to the cellar and surrounding vineyards, entrance to the old family home and museum, enjoyment of a range of traditional cuisine, and the potential to visit Paoča and its sites of historical importance.
To continue building upon the family tradition, in honor to grandfather and father Andrija the Ćorić family has built a new cellar, the capacity of which has already reached 1 million liters. With the most up to date equipment and expertise of proven oenologists, the vineyard has achieved great results in the production of high quality, top quality and archival wines & brandies.
Tolj Winery
Tucked away in the village of Blatnica, located in the rural northwest corner of the Čitluk municipality, is the Tolj family farm. The farm includes a winery, a tasting room for the products made on site, and a holiday home. The family farm is secluded and located in a pristine natural environment of gently rolling hillsides that are dominated by fertile vineyards and pastures, a forest of oak, hornbeam and ash trees, and other local low vegetation. When arriving at the Tolj family farm, it feels as though you have just made a very fortunate discovery. With notice, the farm can accommodate groups of up to fifteen, which ensures an intimate atmosphere for the tasting experience. In addition to wine tasting, the farm offers seasonal traditional food and lunch in the countryside. Guests can participate in the harvesting of the fruit and vegetables produced at the farm, which is naturally followed by having the pleasure of eating it. Guests also have the opportunity to learn the process of traditional brandy production through hands on instruction. The farm offers guests an inviting landscape for walking and cycling through the vineyards and surrounding hillsides, visiting stećci and other sites of historical significance, and simply enjoying an unspoiled natural environment.
Tvrdoš Monastery Wine Cellar
Tvrdoš, a 15th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery, is one of the most compelling historical and religious sites in all of Herzegovina. A visit to the Trebinje area is not complete without having stopped by the monastery for an exceptional cultural experience of notable beauty and significance. The Monastery is surrounded by olive groves, vineyards, and beehives, impeccably maintained by the monks who will share with you the monastery’s long history and introduce you to their widely celebrated wines. The monks of the Tvrdoš Monastery opened the current chapter of their
winemaking story nearly a decade ago. Working within the old Vranac vineyard, covering 70 hectares of land, and planting an additional 60 hectares of vine in Popovo Polje, they blended the old with new. The monastery has two wine cellars. The first cellar dates from the 15th century; here, the Vranac is aged in oak barrels that are a century old. Just 10 meters away, on the bank of the river of Trebišnjica, new cellars have been built and equipped with the latest winemaking technology including a gravity flow facility. The monastery’s cellars physically represent the monks’
approach to winemaking which merges the accumulated knowledge and skills of 500 years of viticulture with the technology of today. The Tvrdoš Monastery is internationally known for the creation of wines made from
both autochthonous and international varieties, including Žilavka, Vranac, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Vukoje Winery
If you are seeking a more exclusive experience with the highest quality wines, food, and exemplary service with a breathtaking view of Trebinje, visit the Vukoje Wine Gallery. Vukoje may have a shorter history than some of local vineyards, but their limited production of premium wines and alcoholic beverages dating from 1982 is unparalleled. The winery employs modern technologies, a controlled process of fermentation, and traditional aging methods in the oak barrique barrels stored in cellars located 8 meters underground. Along with many individual awards for their range of wines,
Vukoje was awarded the title of the best winery in Southeast Europe. Don’t miss the stunning bar and restaurant perched on the sixth and seventh floors of the winery, accommodating up to 300 guests. The location includes expansive views of the town and vineyards that can be enjoyed from both open-air terraces and picture windows. Vukoje also offers visits to the vineyards at the newly built facility at the entrance to Trebinje.