DISCOVER IRIG
THE COMBINATION OF CULTURE, TRADITION AND TOP WINEWINERY
Tucked into a wavy greenery of fertile Srem county, where lavish meadows and oak forests meet in a perfect harmony, with its twelve villages Irig is the central point of this region and represent a unique match of culture, history, tradition and exceptional winemaking.
Ideal location
Ideally located between Belgrade and Novi Sad, 70 kilometers from the Capital City and only 20 from the second largest city in Serbia, on the mild slopes of Fruska Gora.
Irig Roads of History
Name of Irig was the first time mentioned in official documents back in the 1225. Irig was already proclaimed the Capital of Fruska Gora in the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century, when the first monasteries were built and surrounding settlements started to rise around them. Irig is also known as a “city of roses” due to the old technique of planting roses on each row of coot, which its winemakers still use to detect and prevent risk of quail, which sensitive roses show before the grape. In the 18th century Irig becomes significant economy, production and trade center, and the only city in Srem county with permission to organize two fairs in a year, given by Emperor Leopold in 1760. In that time, Irig had more inhabitants than Belgrade, and was a bigger consumer of fish from the Danube than any other surrounding city, which is the reason why Irig central square has the name the Fish Square.
Powder days in Iriga
Fruska Gora Mountain is considered the jewel of Vojvodina and Serbia. The National Park proudly enjoys high level of protection. It is also known as “Serbian Mount Athos” due to numerous sacral monuments which carefully guards, and is widely recognized for its vast vineyards endlessly occupying mountain’s south slopes.
Wine days in Rivica
One quarter of the National Park belongs to Irig, from the highest peaks to easy plains, with dense forest from which deer not so rarely come out, to the colorful meadows with aromatic herbs and yards of fruits and grape going deep in the far.
Fruško Gora wine walk Walk & Wine
Soil fed with sediments and minerals of prehistorical Pannonia sea gave extraordinary wine story enriched with treasury of tradition, heritage and invincible values.
The wine capital
An exclusive wine event that will have its first edition in the spring of 2024.
DISCOVER IRIG
