Makers of premium wine since 1927
Podrum Džervin was founded on 27 March 1927 in Knjaževac, in what was then Yugoslavia. Knjaževac, a small town in eastern Serbia, has been a known winegrowing area since the 2nd century and Roman times. In its “golden age” the cellar owned around 700 hectares of vineyards and produced some 6 million litres of wine a year, from table wines to premium wines. The wines sold mostly across the former Yugoslavia, then in Germany under the name Schlossberg, and reached as far as Russia and even Japan. Besides wine, the Džervin combine made well-known blueberry and quince juices, St John's wort brandy and various jams – which is where the name DŽERVIN comes from (džem, rakija, vino: jam, brandy, wine). Sadly, in the nineties the combine collapsed and the vineyards were abandoned. There were several attempts at privatisation, all unsuccessful.
In 2013 Džervin was bought by investors from Novi Sad, with the aim of making it a respectable company again and returning it to where it once was.
Džervin currently owns 100 hectares of sour cherry orchards, 100 hectares of plum orchards and 40 hectares of vineyards.
Our vineyards are in the Knjaževac region, at 300 m above sea level, planted with the following grape varieties:
White varieties:
Welschriesling, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc.
Red varieties:
Blaufränkisch, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Muscat Hamburg.
The cellar's current capacity is 500,000 litres of wine, and growing.
