Zadro Winery
Wine production presentation, wine tasting in vineyards, medieval cuisine and medieval beverages tasting
In Domanovići settlement nearby Čapljina, along the road between Stolac and Ljubuški, there is Zadro Winery. In their top-quality vineyards spreading over 45 hectares of land indigenous and other grape varieties are grown and top quality wines made. Their wines Žilavka and Blatina were awarded at Decanter World Wine Awards 2014.
If you happen to be at the winery in late autumn, on St. Martin’s Day, you will have the opportunity to taste their young wine at a special celebration.
In the beautiful tasting room and stone wine cellar built in the traditional Herzegovinian style, the host will tell you a story about the wine that has been made here since 1882. You can also discover delights of a medieval feast where you are offered roasted meat under the bell, Livno cheese and homemade bread.
Address
Zadro Winery – Vinarija Zadro
Domanovići
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Wine in the Middle Ages
Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes, generally Vitis vinifera, but it can also be made from other fruit or rice. It is one of the oldest agricultural products. Wine has been produced for thousands of years and it has long played an important role in human culture in general. Probably the oldest traces of wine growing and olive growing in Herzegovina have been recorded at the Late Antiquity archaeological site of Mogorjelo near Čapljina which was once an estate belonging to a rich Roman citizen. Up to the arrival of the Ottomans into this region the wine growing in Herzegovina had definitely seen a boom which is evidented in some Ottoman records from the 16th century mentioning 800 dunams (acres) of vineyards just in the vicinity of Ljubuški.
