Malé Karpaty is a top wine tourist destination, the oldest and most extensive wine-growing region in Slovakia. Visitors to Malokarpattia are attracted by great wine and high-quality local gastronomy, the atmosphere of former free royal cities, historical monuments, art, traditions and popular events. Take a trip to the picturesque region dotted with vineyards and visit wineries that offer self-catering accommodation.
ViaJur Winery - Accommodation in Pálffy Castle
ViaJur winery can be found in the newly renovated Renaissance Pálffy Manor in Svät Jura. "Pro rege et patria" – for the king and the country, this credo accompanied the Pálffy family and today, together with the linden tree that grows in the manor's courtyard, they form the identity of the winery. Tasting under the vaults of historic Pálffy cellars will captivate you. The terroir of the two estates is reflected in the wines – Svetajura is exceptional for great Rieslings. The Farná estate stands out with varieties such as Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, but also beautiful blue varieties - Frankovka blue, Dunaj, Cabernet or Sauvignon Blanc. Honest work in the vineyard is included in the taste of all ViaJur wines. Thanks to high-quality grapes, their gentle processing in the cellar and traditional winemaking, you will find beautifully fresh wines in your glass, but also full and harmonious wines.
Combine a tasting at the ViaJur winery with accommodation in the apartments named: Katarína Pálffy, Štefan Ilešházi, Ján Krušič, or in the modern two-bedroom Imperial Apartment. Each one offers maximum comfort, unique design and beautiful views with the possibility of accommodation for couples and families with children.
Winery ViaJur, Kaštiel Pálffy
Prostredná 49, Svätý Jur
+421 905 503 827
www.viajur.sk, www.kastielpalffy.sk
Chateau Winery - Accommodation in the Palace Art Hotel
The age-old story of wine from the Pezinok Castle began a new chapter with the label Šimák Zámok Pezinok. The Šimákov family together with the winemaker Roman Janoušek decided to make wine the way it should be. From grapes from our own vineyards, from varieties that belong to Slovakia and in our own cellars. The sensitive reconstruction of the original water castle from the 13th century and the medieval underground cellars will amaze you. The oldest barrel is from 1807, where St. Leopold is depicted. On other barrels there are coats of arms of the owners and portraits of the holy apostles. The vast cellars now house the Museum of Winery, where you can find items and tools that our ancestors used to work in the vineyard. Large and small old presses for the initial processing of grapes, ingenious filters for cleaning ciders, or ancient wine fillers. Taste wines with an elegant color and captivating aroma. With a taste dominated by character.
You can stay directly at the castle in the Palace Art hotel, which offers a classy atmosphere and exclusive services in 48 rooms and suites. You will be charmed by the entrance to the reception and to the gastronomic sanctuary Palffy restaurant. Comfort and silence are guaranteed in each of the rooms, which have a capacity of 120 beds. Choose a room with a view of the medieval courtyard and the atypical half-tower of the knight Ján Krušič, or the calm surface of the pond in Zámocky Park.
Castle winery, Palace Art hotel
Mladoboleslavská 5, Pezinok
+421 33 7989 000
www.zamockevinarstvo.sk, www.zamokpezinok.sk
Ludvik wine - Accommodation in May House
If you decide to have a tasting at this winery, you will be welcomed in the town house no. 66, which is called May House, on the square in Modra directly under the statue of Ľudovít Štúr. It belongs to the Žofiakov family and won an award for exemplary restoration. In the front part of the house there is a wine shop, under the house you will find a restored historic cellar. In the rear part of the building, you can stay in beautiful, sensitively renovated rooms. The Ludvik Žofiak winery was founded in 1989. The goal of the company is to process grapes in a gentle way and produce modern wines with varietal character. He manages 10 hectares of vineyards in Modra - they are located on the warm south-eastern slopes of the Small Carpathians, in stony soil, where you cannot do without manual and strenuous work throughout the year.
Ludvik wines have a Protected Designation of Origin certificate and have won numerous gold medals.
Wine Ludvik, May House
Štúrova 66, Modra
+421 905 970 077
www.vinoludvik.sk, www.mayhousemodra.sk
Winery Karpatská perla - Accommodation directly in the winery
Harmony of nature and honest production, family and traditions. This is the Carpathian pearl. Since 1991, husband and wife Margita and Laco Šebov have been improving vineyards and developing wine production. They have certified organic grapes and start producing organic wine from 2023. Karpatská perla winery in Šenkvice was established in the former NUPOD building, designed by architect Emil Belluš. You can stay overnight in four comfortably furnished double rooms with extra beds. They are decorated with the works of Little Carpathian artists. The names of the rooms are Fire, Water, Earth, Air - the four elements as primordial essences from which the world was created. In them you can relax from everyday duties.
Try to climb the 99 steps to the viewpoint of the winery and admire the Little Carpathian landscape, or visit the chapel and sit in the mortuary in the evening with a nice wine until late at night.
Karpatská perla winery
Nádražná 57, Šenkvice
+421 917 926 266
www.karpatskaperla.sk
Bažalík wine - Accommodation in DUBoDOM
For Michal Bažalík, winemaking is a combination of craft, culture, tradition and love for the land, which he probably inherited from his ancestors. He took over the old, deserted vineyards above the wine-growing town of Svätý Jur a few years ago from the cooperative, and works them together with his family and friends. He approaches the cultivation of grapes with humility, without chemicals and with care for himself and the environment. He makes wine in the cellars of an old Renaissance house, bakes bread in the yard and raises rams and sheep.
Michal Bažalík's small winery includes accommodation in a treehouse in the unique DUBoDOM. A massive old oak tree oversees the surrounding vineyards, and you can enjoy the wonderful view with a glass of wine in your hand on the terrace belonging to the house, enjoy the silence and peace of the forest, the proximity of the Little Carpathian nature.
Wine Bažalík, DUBoDOM
Horné predmestie 12, Svätý Jur
+421 915 222 174
www.vinobazalik.sk, www.dubodom.sk
Elesko Winery - Accommodation in Elesko Wine park
The unique concept combines winemaking with art and gastronomy. In the Elesko Restaurant & Wine bar, you can taste the most homely "ordinary" dishes of extraordinary quality. Through the glass corridor you can see and get to know the entire process of wine production, and in the Zoya museum you will find regularly changing exhibitions that are focused on the presentation of Slovak and foreign art after the second half of the 20th century. Since 2009, the Elesko winery has been producing quality premium wines exclusively from its own grape harvest. In one of the most modern wine parks in Central Europe, they combine traditional production methods with the most modern technologies. Currently, Elesko owns and manages 130 hectares of new vineyards in the Lesser Carpathian region alone and offers balanced production without quality fluctuations every year. Elesko is also known for trying to achieve harmony with the soil, vegetation and animal species. The wines from this production are elegant and clearly belong to the best that you can serve with dishes of high gastronomy.
You can find private accommodation in five above-standard furnished double rooms right in the winery complex. The accommodation surrounded by vineyards includes a common living room with a fireplace and a terrace with a barbecue.
Elesko winery, Elesko Wine park
Partizánska 2275, Modra
+421 905 704 873
www.elesko.sk
