Taste Croatia's most famous red wines where they grow.

The Pelješac peninsula is the heart of Croatian red wine. On its steep, sun-drenched southern slopes grows Plavac Mali, an indigenous grape related to Zinfandel. Dingač became Croatia's first protected wine region in 1961, followed by Postup.

On this trip you visit local wine cellars, taste Plavac Mali and the fresh white Pošip, and hear how wine is made on terraces that drop almost straight into the sea.

Near the entrance to the peninsula lies Ston, with its 5.5 km long medieval walls – among the longest fortifications in Europe – and Mali Ston Bay, where oysters have been farmed since Roman times.