Wine History

At the beginning of the road to monastery Mesic there is a big wine cellar "Helvetia", built in 1880., and equipped by a Swiss wine merchant Bernhard Staub. How much the wine is important for this city showes the fact that the vine in the crest of the city from 1804, and in a number of details on the facades of the old houses.
In the late 19th century there were more than 10,000 hectares of vineyards in Vrsac. It was the largest vineyard in Hungary, according to some statisticians even in Europe, where the phylloxera devastation left nothing behind.

Viticulture and Enology today

Vrsac vineyards cover the hilly terrain around Vrsac, the foot of of the Carpathians. It is made of ‘Vrsac vineyards’, which have plantations with more than 1700 hectares of vineyards, while there is about 2100 hectares in the entire region. Land types are smonica, fat soil, talus soil with live sand. The climate of this area is typically continental.

From the old varieties parishioner, smederevka, sasla, white rkaciteli, kreaca, kreaca of the old white grapevine varieties, native of Vrsac are still grown here. The white wine varieties dominate the Vrsac vineyards, there’s almost no black vines.

Among the many top quality and quality wines this region otonel muscat, chardonnay, pino blank, rhine and italian riesling stand out, and a very popular table wine is Banat Riesling, made of varieties of italian riesling, smederevka, parishioner and creation.

Wine road

Basement of the Vrsac vineyards remaines architectural attraction. 3400 wagons of wine can fit in there. The cellar was built from 1964. to 1967. Vrsac vineyards are one of the greatest symbols of the former Yugoslavia. The cellar is Y-shaped (the initial letters of the tags for Yugoslavia). One of the three largest wine cellars under one roof in Europe, the other two are in Listelu in France, and in Spain Logranji. The basement has five galleries, one underground and four above, and 580 wine vessels made of concrete, coated with glass plates are located in them.

What to eat?

In addition to local wines, one can try the local specialties of Vrsac and Vojvodina: game, barbecue, ham, head-cheese, small rolles with cheese and meat, and poppy strudel.Uz game frankovka local wine goes well, with ham kreacer and Italian Riesling.

What to see?

City of Vrsac is situated on the border with Romania. The city and its surroundings are rich in historical and cultural monuments: Vrsac’s tower from the fourteenth century (which is located on Vrsac hill), City Hall (Hall) from the eighteenth century, Bishop's Palace from the eighteenth century (with a very rich repository), Mesic monastery from the XVI century, The Old Pharmacy on the stairs from the eighteenth century (where there is a permanent exhibition of the Museum of Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas from 1785), the Roman Catholic Church from 1863 (dedicated to St. Gerhard), and the Chapel of the Holy Cross from 1720.

After that one must visit Vrsac’s vineyards and cellar with the capacity of 3420 wagons, tour plantation of vineyards through which the drive takes two hours, visiting the famous old wine cellar in the village near Vrsac named Gudurica with wine tasting – all that will sattisfy you wine curiosity.