When you climb the steep street of Sremski Karlovci with an unusual name, Doka and reach the top of a hill, the view of the vastness of carefully tended vineyards will fascinate you. For a moment it seems to you that you are on one of the wine trails of Tuscany and that, as there, you saw a winery here in the middle of a vineyard where you want to relax and enjoy the wines and the horizon. This is exactly how you arrive at Đurđić Winery (Vinarija Đurđić).
The vineyards of this wine house were planted in 2002, when the construction of a modern winery began, which, as a family business, is now run by Dražen Đurđić. The vineyards that meet you here are on the three borders of Doka, Raša and Selište stretches, and an area ofexceptional properties for grapevine growing. The exposure of the slopes to the sun and beneficial breeze from the Carpathians, other climatic characteristics, the proximity of the protected nature of the National Park Fruška Gora and the Danube, and the soil composition here give grapes and wines the quality that places Fruška Gora among the God-given wine mountains. The Đurđićs based their wine production on carefully nurtured vineyards and the following assortment of grapes[1]: Neoplanta, White Sauvignon, Traminac, Probus, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The wines on offer include: Đurđić Sauvignon Blanc, Đurđić Traminac, Đurđić Neoplanta, Đurđić Mlada Simonida, Đurđić Probus, Đurđić Cabernet Franc, Đurđić Crni Vitez (Bermet red) and Đurđić Liturgijsko Vino (lower percentage of alcohol). These wines are created by careful selection of grape varieties, application of modern trends in viticulture and winemaking, use of high technology in wine production and storage, in a way that will never leave modern wine lovers indifferent.
The confirmation of this is the recognition of the specialized magazine Wine Style, which ranked Đurđić Cabernet Franc among the most attractive Serbian wines in 2020, noting that the elegance, finesse of performance and receptivity of the selected wine the Đurđić Winery, which inherits the first Cabernet Franc in Serbia, proved great potential of the Pannonian terroir just for this wine.
Also, according to the selection of the best wines and wineries of Serbia in 2020, according to the online magazine Vino.rs, Đurđić Probus (2018) is included among those that deserve special attention in the category “the best red wine in Serbia of autochthonous or newly created variety”. At the Grand Wine Evaluation of Serbia in 2021, in the category “Red still wines from international non-aromatic varieties”, Đurđić Cabernet Franc (2015) was awarded gold, and in the category “Rose still wines” a bronze award to Đurđić Mlada Simonida (2019).
Đurđić Winery has a modern wine tasting room that can accommodate thirty-five people, as well as a terrace for the same number of people. The tourist programme includes a tour of the winery, the production part and the modernly decorated barrique-hall, presentation of wine with wine tasting and purchase, and snacks for the separation of wine (selection of cheeses and cured meat products). For pre-agreed groups, it is possible to organize lunch with a tasting of 3-5 types of wine (appetizer, Vojvodina goulash, “kuglof” (Gugelhupf) or some other selection of indigenous dishes).
The Đurđić Winery is the right choice for everyone who fully enjoys wines only when they drink them in the winery on the noble slopes of Fruška Gora covered with vineyards.
Announcement one day in advance is mandatory for organised groups that wish lunch.
Opening hours: Wednesday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. – 08:00 p.m., Mondays and Tuesdays are non-working days.
Atar Raša Street 4, Sremski Karlovci
Phone: +381 (0)63 767 2322; +381 (0)63 517 759
E-mail: drazendjurdjic@gmail.com
Website: www.djurdjic.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.
