MARLAIS Winery

MARLAIS Winery

“One who has a good wine has a good friend.”

In the small place Ponikve on the Pelješac peninsula, where sun, stone and the sea create the perfect home for Plavac mali, the small family winery Marlais is located. Symbolically connected with the French roots of the family name, close by runs Napoleon’s road built at the beginning of the 19 th century. Deep underground, taking up a surface of 110 square meters, the family’s wine cellar is located, holding the secrets of making top-quality wines of divine taste and exquisite aromas. Located in the upper part is the newly-opened, state-of-the-art tasting room where you can try
our wines, homemade liqueurs and olive oil accompanied by an offer of traditional food. The Marlais family, which has distant French roots, settled on Pelješac at the beginning of the 17 th century. The family’s ancestry certainly predisposes it towards the making of top-quality wine, or, colloquially said, “it is in their blood.” Today there are around a hundred people of the Marlais surname in about twenty households. They are located mostly in Ston on the Pelješac peninsula. The family home and winery are situated, as can be expected, a few kilometers from Napoleon’s road.