Petar Crvik

According to the Dubrovnik archives, the Crvik family has lived in Konavle since 1500, with records showing that Jakov Crvik passed away that year. The family has been cultivating grapevines for several centuries and producing wine for just over 100 years—specifically since 1897, when great-grandfather Andro built his wine cellar, known locally in Konavle as vinica. The vinica became the heart of family life, producing wine through a turbulent century. After the declaration of Croatia’s independence, the family began to engage seriously in wine culture. Andro Crvik, the third generation of winemakers in the family, turned a new page in the winery’s history in 1993 by expanding production, building a modern winery, and winning numerous awards at competitions across Croatia. The fourth generation, his son Petar, enrolled at the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb in 2006, bringing innovations to winemaking, spearheading a rebranding of the wines, and earning awards at international competitions. The winery is located in Konavle, a green oasis near Dubrovnik, in the picturesque village of Komaji, nestled in a forest on the hills between the Konavle field on one side and the sea on the other. Within the village, small karst fields, 100 to 500 meters wide and stretching from Cavtat to Vitaljina, are known as the Konavle "red soil" (“crvenica”).