Wine Tasting at Lipovac Winery near Podgorica

Taste wines poured from clay vessels buried in the ground for centuries

A private wine tasting at Lipovac Winery, Montenegro's largest private winery on the slopes of Skadar Lake reserve, where you taste four or eight autochthonous wines, tour underground cellars, and learn winemaking traditions preserved since the 3rd century B.C. The guide speaks English, Russian or Serbian, and the experience runs 90 minutes with snacks and wine included. Minimum age is 18.

Step-by-step itinerary

Lipovac Winery tour and wine tasting

• Visit Lipovac vineyards
• See technological bottling hall
• Explore underground cellar
• View Georgian clay qvevri
• View Italian terracotta amphoras
• Taste 4 wines with snacks
• Learn Lipovac winemaking concept

The experience

You arrive at Lipovac Winery to find yourself on mountain slopes overlooking Skadar Lake, standing in front of a working winery that has kept its methods alive for over two thousand years. A live guide meets you and walks you through the vineyards planted with autochthonous grape varieties, the grapes that grow nowhere else, then into a technological hall where you watch the bottling lines at work. The real depth comes next: a 60-meter underground cellar carved 10 meters into the bedrock, lined with wooden barrels and bottles aging in the dark.

Inside that cellar, you stand in front of the Georgian qvevri: ancient clay vessels buried directly in the ground where wine ferments and ages the way it did in the 3rd century B.C. The guide shows you Italian terracotta amphorae alongside them, the same shape the ancient Greeks and Romans used. You taste four or eight wines depending on which option you chose at checkout, each one paired with cold cuts, Montenegrin cheese, olives and tasting snacks created to match them. The winemaking traditions here are old enough that archaeologists found amphoras and jugs in the soil when they dug: proof the place has been doing this longer than most countries have existed.

The 90-minute experience moves at the pace of tasting and learning, not rushing through stops. You leave with the landscape of Skadar Lake still visible from the slopes and a sense of how wine tastes different when it comes from grapes and methods that belong to one place alone.

What’s included

• Guided tour of the vineyards and underground cellar.
• tasting of four or eight autochthonous Montenegrin wines.
• cold cuts, Montenegrin cheese, olives and tasting snacks paired with the wines.
• live guide in English, Russian or Serbian.

Options for this experience

2 options

4 Wines TastingGuide in English, Serbian or Russian · No fixed time

8 Wines TastingGuide in English, Serbian or Russian · No fixed timeSample four more distinctive wines from amphorae, bringing the total to eight wines, and enjoy a larger Montenegrin platter.

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Under 18: can't be booked

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish, Russian and Serbian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyPets welcome

Operated by Knez Lipovac Excursions Boka Bay

Is this one for you?Book the four-wine tasting if you have a free afternoon and want to learn the basics without a long commitment. Choose the eight-wine option if you're a wine drinker who wants to explore the range of what Lipovac produces and spend more time in the cellar.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Russian and Serbian.

What exactly do I taste during the wine tasting at Lipovac?

You taste either four or eight autochthonous Montenegrin wines (the choice is yours at checkout) paired with cold cuts, local cheese, olives and tasting snacks designed to complement each wine. The wines come from grape varieties that grow only in Montenegro.

Can I see how the wine is actually made at Lipovac Winery?

Yes. You walk through a technological hall with professional bottling lines, then descend into a 60-meter underground cellar where you see wooden barrels aging wine and the Georgian qvevri: ancient clay vessels buried in the ground where fermentation happens the way it did centuries ago.

How long does the wine tasting experience take?

The experience runs 90 minutes from start to finish, including the vineyard walk, cellar tour, and wine tasting with snacks.

What is a qvevri and why is it at Lipovac?

A qvevri is an ancient Georgian clay vessel buried directly in the ground for fermenting and aging wine. Lipovac uses them as part of its winemaking tradition. Since 2011, this method has been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Is there a minimum age to participate in the wine tasting?

Yes, you must be at least 18 years old to join the tasting.