Dulka Winery Ltd. (Vinarija Dulka d.o.o.) from Sremski Karlovci is one of the institutionally oldest in the place, whether to take into account the data from 1920 when the Dulkas were a part of the local Co-operative of Wine Producers, or the one from 2000 when they registered a modernly organized family winery. Today, it is run by the fourth and fifth generation of winemakers, Jasmina with her daughters Isidora and Katarina, although the experience of the oldest winemaker in the family, Đorđe, cannot be left out.
The vineyards of the Dulkins are located in the vicinity of Sremski Karlovci, and the assortment of grapes they have chosen consists of[1]: Italian Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon White, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. They offer the following wines: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Italian Riesling, Rosé, Muscat, White Muscat, and dessert wines for which the winery is especially famous: Bermet, White Bermet and Ausbruch. These are honest, drinkable and full wines of a powerful aroma and taste made from grapes from their own vineyard, the quality of which is carefully monitored.
With the quality of wine the Dulkins confirm the rule that without love and complete commitment to viticulture and winemaking, as well as the support of the whole family, there can be no good wines. This is confirmed by the awards: gold medals of the Novi Sad Fair for Chardonnay, Italian Riesling, Ausbruch and Bermet (red), the Grand Gold Cup for complete work and achievements in the field of viticulture and winemaking in Sremski Karlovci, and the election of Đorđe Dulka as a winegrower of the last century at the Novi Sad Fair.
Dulka Winery is also known for the production of natural, fruit brandies from grapevine, quince, apple, apricot, pear, especially for the production of Bermetica, grape brandy and pomace of drained Bermet. Visitors like to visit the wine tasting complex of the Dulka Winery, which consists of an old house with wine cellars and a spacious yard, now a private museum where exhibits and stories about everyday life and winemaking of several generations of owners, of different nations, are kept.
Traces of the Karlovci, German Metzing family, who made this house, such as pieces of furniture, photographs, once glamorous piano or pompous sledges pulled by horses inside a wine cellar, and old grape presses still fascinate visitors today. The house has been in the possession of the Dulka family for three generations, and part of the exhibits is their heritage. The audience usually stays in the richly furnished kitchen, where the central place has a family table with a porcelain service waiting for the family to start the family lunch.
The programme for tourists includes a visit to the house-museum, a story about the Dulka Winery and getting to know the wines of this wine house. They offer three wine tasting contents that precede the purchase of wine: tasting of three types of wine with cheese and bread; tasting of five types of wine with a pre-arranged appetizer or tasting of five types of wine with a pre-arranged lunch.
Wine tasting and shopping areas contribute to the general affirmative impression of wines and winery, whether in the summer in a courtyard full of roses or in the upper courtyard overlooking the Chapel of Peace, and during the winter in one of the cellars. The hosts say that guests are happy to return here satisfied with the wines and the warmth that wins them over.
Announcement for the visit to wine tasting complex is mandatory.
Opening hours of the production plant in Poštanska Street 8: Monday to Sunday 08:00 a.m. – 07:00 p.m.
Karlovačkog mira Street 18, Sremski Karlovci
Phone: +381 (0)63 882 6675, +381 (0)69 282 6675
E-mail: jasmina.dulka@gmail.com
Website: www.vinarijadulka.rs
Text: Gordana Stojaković
Photographs: Aleksandar Milutinović
Tourism Organisation of the City of Novi Sad is not responsible for changes in information and services.
The text posted in: July 2021
[1] Transcription of the grape variety names is given according to: Cindrić, Petar and Vladimir Kovač (2007) “Vinogradarstvo i vina“ (“Viticulture and Wines“) Fruška Gora. Ed. Nebojša Jovanović and Jelica Nedić. Pg. 498. Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike
