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GrapeBall in Vršac 2012
14/09/2012 - 16/09/2012
The Grape Harvest Days, an old manifestation in the city of Vršac is traditionally held on the third weekend of September. This year it takes place on the 14, 15 and 16th of September. This is the 55th edition of the event in the city that celebrates its fertile vineyards.
The day before, on the 13th of September, on the lookout near the Church of Saint Cross, “Grožđebal” (Grape ball) will be greeted starting from 17h with free wine, sausages and „tamburitza“ orchestras.
The main program starts on 14 th September from 17h when some cultural programs will be organized in the city center. Visitors will enjoy fireworks, grapes and wine exhibition, the concert of Croatian star Severina and a Miss Grape Harvest 2012 contest.
Over the weekend, there will also be a rich program for children. The young ones will enjoy a masked ball on Saturday at noon, and in the afternoon the “Knights of wine” will take the stage . After that, the visitors will enjoy the concert of a famous local singer Ana Štajdohar.
On Sunday, 16 September, at noon, the attractive carnival parade will pass through the city, after which parachutes with grapes shall be dropped from an airplane flying above the city.
The festival program on Gradski trg (Town Square), starts at 17h and ends with a concert of the Belgrade Jazz Orchestra performance.
The first wine exhibition in Vršac was held in 1857 in the “The two keys“ restaurant, and the first written document about wine is from 1494. year (when Hungarian King Vladislav II paid 10.5 ducats for a barrel of wine from Vršac).
Since then the wine from this region is widely known, and the Vršac wine route passes through it nowadays.
