Explore the Best Grape Harvest Festivals in Czech Republic

Every harvest deserves a celebration and the grape harvest is truly special! Across Czechia, traditional wine festivals invite you to taste fine wines as well as burčák, the young fermenting grape must. Add to that colorful historical parades, lively craft demonstrations, bustling markets, dulcimer music, and stalls overflowing with wine and regional delicacies, and you’ll find endless reasons to join the fun. From South Moravia’s vineyards to Prague and beyond, discover the very best grape harvest festivals that combine centuries-old traditions with unforgettable experiences.

Grape Harvest in Moravia

Moravia is in the east of the Czech Republic and it is known for its favourable conditions for growing vine. Most wines in Czechia come from this area. For example, you can go to Mikulov to the Pálava Grape Harvest Festival. It takes place every second weekend in September, from 12 to 14 September 2025. Come enjoy three pleasant days in Mikulov where you can watch historical costume processions and visit the town centre transformed into a historical market. You can taste wine from local vineyards and fresh young wine all over the town. The programme includes evening concerts, Sunday pilgrimage to Svatý kopeček (or the Holy Hill), or demonstration of standard grape processing. During the grape harvest festival, you can also visit the prestigious public National Wine Competition exhibition in the main hall of the Mikulov Chateau. You can taste more than 500 samples of white, rose and red wines from the Mikulov wine growing area.

Another popular grape harvest in Moravia is in Velké Pavlovice. It takes place on 19 and 20 September 2025. This grape harvest festival is a true folklore celebration and a top social event of the wine-growing year near and far. You can look forward to days full of adventures, music, singing and dance in the spirit of folk traditions, and enjoying good wine and young wine.

The Znojmo Historical Grape Harvest Festival, the largest event of its kind in the country, with a rich programme on 14 multi-genre stages, featuring swordsmen and pop singers, will take place from 12 to 14 September 2025 in the historical centre of the town of Znojmo.

Grape Harvest in Prague

In Prague, there are also grape harvest festivals. For example, the vineyard in Troja is organising a celebration of this year’s harvest on 13–14 September 2025, in the courtyard of the Baroque Troja Chateau. There will be tastings of wine, young wine, and refreshments. You can celebrate the grape harvest at the St. Clare Vineyard in the Prague Botanical Garden. The place offers beautiful views of the capital city. The rich local production includes quality varietal wines, cuvée and varietal brandies.

Another popular place in Prague to celebrate a new grape harvest is the St. Wenceslas Vineyard by the Prague Castle. The St. Wenceslas Grape Harvest Festival will take place there from September 6 to 7 2025. Visitors will enjoy samples of prominent Moravian and Bohemian vineyards, including young wine, music and plenty of food. The traditional Vinohrady Grape Harvest Festival will take place on 12–13 September 2025, in Mahler Gardens below the Žižkov Tower. You can look forward to wines from small vineyards in Moravia and Bohemia, supplemented with wines from foreign vineyards in the neighbouring countries, and various types of the popular young wine.

Grape Harvest in Bohemia

In Mělník, a town north of Prague in Central Bohemia, the Mělník Grape Harvest Festival will take place from 19 to 21 September 2025. The programme is prepared to satisfy fans of various art genres, history, lovers of craft markets, or art classes for children. But what is more important, you can also taste the young wine and regular wine from the Mělník wine-growing area.

After sampling fine wines from the Czech Wine-Growers Guild, visitors can unwind in the relaxation zone in the town hall courtyard, enjoying a peaceful break from the festival buzz along with wine and delicious local specialties. The Mělník Grape Harvest Festival takes place both at the château and in the heart of the historic town, set at the scenic confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers.

Kuks in East Bohemia traditionally throws a celebration of the grape harvest on the second Saturday in September, on 13 September 2025. More than a hundred wines will be available for tasting. The romantic setting of the unique Baroque complex with sculptures by Matthias Bernard Braun offers unusual and unforgettable experience.

Litoměřice is another town in Bohemia to visit; it is situated on the boundary between Central and North Bohemia. The Grape Harvest Festival, traditionally organised in mid-September in Litoměřice, takes place on 20 September 2025. You can look forward to a cultural programme, music performances, wine tasting, young wine and other delicacies.