Dubrovnik Wine Tours: Pelješac & Konavle
The best day out from Dubrovnik is a wine tour: an hour up the coast to the Pelješac peninsula, where Plavac Mali grows on slopes so steep they built a tunnel to reach them, with oysters at Mali Ston on the way back. This page compares the top-rated Dubrovnik wine tours: full days to Pelješac for Dingač and Postup with oysters, half-days to the Konavle valley’s family wineries, and tastings in the old town.
Pelješac: Dingač and Postup, Plavac Mali from the sea-facing slopes above Potomje, two or three cellars and lunch; oysters and mussels at Mali Ston.
Konavle: twenty minutes south, a green valley of small wineries and farms; a half-day with a winery and a farm lunch.
In town: sommelier tastings of Croatian wines in the old town’s wine bars, two hours, no transport.
Wine tours from Dubrovnik: Pelješac, Konavle and the old town
Dubrovnik has no vineyards of its own, but it sits between two wine areas: Pelješac to the north, where Plavac Mali makes the reds the whole country names, and Konavle to the south, a valley of small family wineries. Tours run to both daily from the old town, and the Pelješac day, with oysters at Mali Ston, is the single best excursion the city offers.
Pelješac: Dingač, Postup and the oysters
The peninsula begins at Ston, an hour from Dubrovnik, where salt pans and a five-kilometre wall guard the oyster beds of Mali Ston; tours stop for a dozen on the half shell with a glass of Pošip. Beyond, the road climbs to Potomje, where a tunnel cut in 1973 leads through the hill to the Dingač slopes above the sea. Cellar visits taste Dingač and Postup, the two protected Plavac Mali crus, and the lighter Plavac from the plateau. Full days with two or three wineries and lunch run 90 to 160 euros. For the wines in detail, see Pelješac.
Konavle
The valley south of the airport, twenty minutes from town, is farms, cypress trees and a dozen small wineries pouring Malvasija Dubrovačka, a white saved from extinction, and Plavac. Half-day tours combine a winery with a farm lunch of green menestra and peka; some add a cooking class. 60 to 110 euros.
Tastings in the old town
Wine bars inside the walls run sommelier-led tastings of five or six Croatian wines with pršut and cheese, two hours, 40 to 80 euros. Good for the evening you arrive.
Korčula from Dubrovnik
Some Pelješac tours cross the fifteen-minute ferry from Orebić to Korčula for Pošip and Grk: a long day, worth it for white-wine drinkers. See Korčula wine tours.
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FAQ about Dubrovnik Wine Tours: Pelješac & Konavle
Frequently asked questions
Why a wine tour from Dubrovnik?
Because Pelješac makes Croatia’s most famous red an hour away, the road there passes the best oysters in the Adriatic, and none of it is reachable without a driver.
What is Dingač?
Plavac Mali grown on the steep south-facing slopes of Pelješac above Potomje; Croatia’s first protected wine appellation, from 1961, and its most famous red.
How far is Pelješac from Dubrovnik?
About an hour to Ston and an hour and a half to the Dingač vineyards; tours make a full day of it with oysters and lunch.
How much does a Pelješac wine tour cost?
About 90 to 160 euros per person for a small-group full day with two or three wineries, oysters and lunch.
Can I do a wine tour in half a day?
Yes: Konavle, twenty minutes south, takes half a day with a winery and a farm lunch.
When are Ston oysters in season?
Year-round, best from autumn to spring; the Ston oyster festival is in mid-March.