Višnjevik

Višnjevik is one of the few Brda villages without a church. In the Middle Ages it became famous for the lords of Višnjevik and for Rittersberg, the oldest castle in Brda. Remnants of this castle no longer exist. In this scattered Brda village you will find out everything about the birth of Rebula wine which was mentioned for the first time in written sources already in 1336. Namely, Henrik of Rittersberg purchased a vineyard where six buckets of Rebula were produced every year. It is known that Rebula from Višnjevik, Gradno and Krasno used to be of the best quality and therefore very much sought after by merchants No wonder, then, that the Rebula Lovers’s Association was established here and that every year in the middle of April they honour it with the Rebula and Olive Oil Festival. Olive trees, which almost disappeared from Brda decades ago, also have their place of honour alongside the rebula.