Stories. Recognition. Legacy.
A record of how the estate has been seen, written about and welcomed — by the editors, critics and travellers who have made the drive above Mostar and stayed to describe it.
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Every feature below is a small chapter in that record — a correspondent's afternoon on the terrace, a critic's note on a dry-stone wall, a photographer chasing the last hour of light over the vineyard. Together they form the closest thing the estate has to a public biography.
Nineteen features, drawn from travel, architecture, wine and design writers who have visited the estate — alongside official recognitions and guest reviews.
Olive, pomegranate, cherry and apricot trees surround the estate — the valley is as much the draw as the hotel itself. Correspondents making the drive from Mostar describe the final approach as a small theatre of its own.
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A blend of centuries-old dry-stone masonry and contemporary form, built with unusual attention to detail throughout. The lower walls carry the full weight of a resolutely modern silhouette above.
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Emporia Wine Estate is included among the hotels and experiences profiled in National Geographic Traveller (UK)'s 2023/24 Experiences Collection — the magazine's curated guide to destinations worth building a trip around.
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Auto Centar Betanija brought the complete Range Rover model range to Herzegovina for a two-day gathering and test-drive event, hosted in the special setting of the Imperial Vineyards at Emporia Hotel in Mostar.
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Emporia Wine Estate is included among the hotels and experiences profiled in National Geographic Traveller (UK)'s 2025 Experiences Collection, "Hit New Heights" — a guide built around epic adventures from Malta to Mongolia.
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Emporia Wine Estate is included among the hotels and experiences profiled in National Geographic Traveller (UK)'s 2024 Lakes & Mountains Collection.
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Emporia Wine Estate is featured in the September 2024 UK edition of National Geographic Traveller, alongside the magazine's coverage of experiences across Turkey and beyond.
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Bonjour.ba's first look at Emporia Wine & Dine Hotel: a pool framed by vineyard views, a seasonal restaurant menu built on fresh, local ingredients, and rooms styled in warm, minimalist tones — with Carski Vinogradi winery next door for a proper wine & dine finish.
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The UK's Sunday Times included Emporia Hotel on its list of "10 luxury brands set to elevate every aspect of life," alongside names spanning fashion, wellness and fine watchmaking — citing its twelve rooms, vineyard views, and an infinity pool that runs from morning blue to sunset.
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The Bonjour.ba team closed out its year with a two-day retreat at Emporia — part editorial reflection, part celebration — describing an atmosphere "steeped in notes of luxury" from the moment they arrived.
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A dedicated dispatch from the same retreat, course by course: goat cheese mousse with duck liver pâté, scallop risotto, slow-roast veal, and a pairing of the estate's own White Mist and Deep Red cuvées — "a gourmet symphony," as the team called it.
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A closer look at the estate's twelve pastel-toned rooms, its dry-stone-and-glass architecture, and a fine-dining terrace that seats up to 100 in summer — plus three gourmet pairings straight from the kitchen's own recommendations.
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On the arrival of Emporia Bulevar, two minutes from the Old Bridge: a comparison of the estate's original vineyard hotel with its new 19-room city sibling, its rooftop spa lounge, and the sunset ritual that defines both addresses.
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Emporia's winery and hotel are part of the official Herzegovina Wine Route — a cultural itinerary established by the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Tourist Board and revitalised with USAID support, connecting the region's wineries, landscapes and hospitality into a single trail.
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Emporia Winery and Hotel represents Herzegovina in an official export catalog compiled by the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, introducing the estate's twelve rooms and its winery's international wine awards to trade audiences abroad.
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Beyond the press, the clearest record comes from guests themselves — dozens of verified Booking.com reviews citing the vineyard views, the pool, and a level of service that keeps travellers coming back to Emporia.
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Featured in Explore Adriatic's 2024 Interactive Smart Guide, this feature walks travellers through Mostar's Old Bridge and Kujundžiluk bazaar before pointing them, just around the corner, toward Emporia Wine & Fine Dine Hotel.
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Emporia's creative team brings a one-of-a-kind culinary and wine experience this holiday season — slow-food courses paired with the estate's most prestigious wines, set against a fairy-tale-lit winery.
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Bonjour.ba takes readers through Emporia Wine & Dine Hotel as a year-round retreat — elegant rooms, a Fine Dining table paired with the estate's own prestige wines, and a different reason to visit each season.
Read Full FeatureEmporia does not perform luxury. It simply arranges the conditions for it — stone, wine, silence — and steps back.— Visiting Editor, Travel Journal
A twelve-room estate rarely accumulates a press record this size by accident. The figures below are less a scoreboard than a quiet confirmation — that the story of the vineyard, the wall and the wine is one people keep wanting to tell.
A short, working list of the honours the estate has been given by regional juries and editorial panels.
Herzegovina Hospitality Circle
Terroir & Table Journal
Adriatic Architecture Review
Heritage Building Council
How the estate's press record has grown, year by year, since the first stone of the terrace wall was laid.
Ground breaks on the vineyard's upper terrace; the first stone is laid using the same dry-wall technique that now frames the entrance below the guest floors.
Regional architecture and design press take note of the estate's working winery beneath the guest floors, ahead of the hotel's own opening.
Travel and design publications feature the estate widely as the horizon pool and terrace dining open to guests for the first full season.
Coverage broadens into wine and architecture journals, with the estate now referenced as a case study in contemporary dry-stone construction.
Every feature on this page began the same way a stay does — with an arrival, a room, a glass of something from downstairs. The rest, as the editors keep noting, tends to write itself.
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