59th “Oplenacka Berba” Event Begins in Topola

The 59th wine and grape event “Oplenacka Berba” (“Oplenac Vintage”) has started in Topola.

The event was opened by the minister of trade, tourism and telecommunications of Serbia, Tatjana Matic, who emphasized on that occasion that “Oplenacka Berba” was one of the five most important and best visited events in Serbia and a very important event for the promotion of wine tourism, according to the website of the ministry.

– With an adequate support and strong profiling, we believe that the visits to local wineries would increase and that Topola itself could become like the most famous world wine regions in France and Italy. We see Topola as one of the important destinations along the “Open Balkans Wine Routes” – she said.

As she added, “viticulture and winemaking, rich history, precious cultural heritage and traditional hospitality will make Topola and this whole area a destination not to be missed on the world tourist wine map”.

She said that, between 2015 and 2022, the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications had approved grants in the amount of RSD 10,700,000 for the “Oplenacka Berba” project and invested RSD 21 million in the construction of the Visitors’ Center.

“Oplenacka Berba”, a wine and grape event, has been held since the time of Prince Alexander. Since 1962, it has been accompanied with a three-day cultural-tourist event “Sabor Narodnog Stvaralastva” (“Folk Art Festival”), which aims to preserve authentic folk art and non-material cultural heritage.

Ministarstvo turizma i omladine Republike Srbije

Ministry of Trade Tourism and Telecommunications

Tatjana Matić

Oplenačka berba

Oplenac Vintage

promotion of wine tourism

wine tourism

visits to wineries

Open Balkans Wine Routes

construction of Visitors Center

Sabor narodnog stvaralaštva

Folk Art Festival