Kutná Hora Wine

Kutná Hora gives you a rare combination for a small historic town: local wine in the center, a vineyard directly below St Barbara, and further vineyards around the edges of town. You do not need to turn the trip into a rural wine route to taste wine grown here.

Key wine points:

• What to drink first: Start with Kutná Hora Pinot Noir, then add Riesling or Pinot Gris if you want to compare a local white.
• In-town tasting: St Ursula Monastery gives you an indoor producer tasting option, while the vineyard below St Barbara adds an outdoor glass among the vines.
• Bottle buying: Vinotéka U Kamenného domu carries Kutná Hora wine alongside bottles from elsewhere in Czechia and abroad.
• Local wineries: Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora, Vinařství Hanuš, Vinařství Žáček, and Vinařství Kocián all have current tasting, cellar, or direct-sales options in Kutná Hora.
• No-car tasting: The historic center already gives you several wine stops, and the official Kutná Hora Wine Trail runs from the center toward the vineyards around Sukov Hill.
• Main trade-off: Central tasting is easy to add to sightseeing, while smaller producer tastings outside the core need more planning and may require an arrangement in advance.

For one evening, stay with the historic-center tasting options. Give wine a half day when you want to add the vineyard trail or a producer visit around Kaňk and Sukov Hill.

Kutná Hora belongs to Bohemia rather than the much larger Moravian wine region. Local producers grow enough different varieties that choosing by grape is more practical than trying to learn the entire Czech classification system before your first glass. Our Czechia Wine page explains the wider difference between Bohemia, Moravia, Czech grape names, and label terminology.

These are the most useful local names to recognize before choosing a glass or bottle:

• Pinot Noir: The strongest local red starting point. Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora grows it at several vineyard sites, including Pod Barborou and U Všech svatých, while Vinařství Hanuš puts particular emphasis on its Pinot varieties.
• Riesling: Grown at U Všech svatých and elsewhere in the Mělník subregion, it gives you a clear local white alternative to Pinot.
• St Laurent: Another red to watch for from Kutná Hora vineyards, particularly if you want something different from Pinot Noir.
• Pinot Gris and Chardonnay: Both grow in vineyards below Kaňk and appear among the broader local white-wine choices.
• Aromatic whites: Gewürztraminer, Pálava, Hibernal, and other aromatic varieties appear across the local producer ranges, so the white-wine choice goes beyond Riesling alone.

If you only have time for two glasses, make one a Pinot Noir from Kutná Hora and the other a local white. That gives you a clearer picture of the town's wine than choosing two unrelated Czech bottles from a national list.

Kutná Hora's wine geography moves from indoor tasting in the historic center to a vineyard beside St Barbara and then outward toward Kaňk and Sukov Hill. The right area depends on whether you want a simple glass, bottles to take away, an outdoor vineyard stop, or time with a producer.

Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora gives you two different ways to taste local wine in the historic center. The St Ursula Monastery location is the indoor option for glasses and more structured tastings, while the vineyard below St Barbara gives you an outdoor tasting among the vines.

• Address: Jiřího z Poděbrad 288, 284 01 Kutná Hora

At St Ursula Monastery, Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora has its main wine shop and two tasting rooms. You can stop for a glass without arranging a formal tasting, while group tastings can be booked in advance.

Choose this location when you want to compare several of the producer's wines indoors or when the weather makes the vineyard stand less practical.

• Address: Barborská 51, 284 01 Kutná Hora

The second Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora tasting location sits among the terraced vines below St Barbara. It is the better choice when you want an outdoor glass in the vineyard rather than an indoor tasting room.

The stand can close in bad weather, so check the winery's current information before making it a fixed stop.

For bottles to take away, Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora is the producer-direct choice, while Vinotéka U Kamenného domu gives you a broader selection of Kutná Hora, Czech, Moravian, and international wines.

• Address: Jiřího z Poděbrad 288, 284 01 Kutná Hora

Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora sells its own wines from the monastery shop. This is the straightforward stop when you specifically want a bottle from the local producer. If you want to taste before buying, you can also have a glass or tasting at the same location.

• Address: Václavské náměstí 176, 284 01 Kutná Hora

Vinotéka U Kamenného domu sits opposite the Stone House and carries Czech, Moravian, international, and Kutná Hora wines, including bottles from Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora. You can also drink wine by the glass or have a bottle from the shop served in its wine club.

Come here when you want to compare local wine with a wider Czech or international selection rather than buying from a single producer.

You do not need to leave Kutná Hora for another wine town to meet local producers. Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora, Vinařství Hanuš, Vinařství Žáček, and Vinařství Kocián all have tasting, cellar, or direct-sales options in the town or its outer neighborhoods. Check the producer before going when a guided tasting or cellar visit is important, because smaller wineries may handle visits by arrangement.

• Address: Jiřího z Poděbrad 288, 284 01 Kutná Hora

Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora is a certified biodynamic producer with vineyards spread across several Kutná Hora sites. U Všech svatých on Sukov Hill grows Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Riesling; Pod Barborou brings Pinot Noir into the historic center; and Nad Kapličkou below Kaňk adds Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, and other varieties.

This producer gives you the widest choice of Kutná Hora wine experiences without building a long driving route: monastery tasting, an outdoor stand below St Barbara, and vineyards around the town all belong to the same winery.

• Address: Sukovská 377, 284 04 Kutná Hora-Kaňk

Vinařství Hanuš is a family winery with its own vineyards around Sukov Hill. Pinot varieties are central to the range, while white wines include Pálava, Hibernal, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Traminer, and others. Guided tastings take place at the winery, with current arrangements published by the producer.

Hanuš makes sense when you want a smaller-producer visit on the vineyard side of Kutná Hora rather than another tasting room in the historic center.

• Address: Slavíkova 575, 284 01 Kutná Hora

Vinařství Žáček is a Kutná Hora family winery with its own wines, a cellar, and guided tastings by arrangement. Current producer information includes Riesling and Pinot Noir among its wines.

Choose Žáček when a smaller cellar visit appeals more than a large tasting facility. Contact the winery before going if the tasting itself is the reason for the visit.

• Address: Uhelná 599/5, 284 01 Kutná Hora

Vinařství Kocián is a small family winery with vineyards in Kutná Hora and its own-wine sales and guided tastings. Its range includes Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Gris, Welschriesling, Traminer, Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Noir, Blaufränkisch, and the aromatic Děvín variety.

Kocián is the most city-centered of these smaller producer visits, so it fits more easily into a day that still includes the historic center. Arrange a tasting directly with the winery when you want more than bottle buying.

Kutná Hora is unusually manageable for independent wine tasting because you can begin with central shops and tasting rooms and then decide whether to continue into the vineyard landscape. The official Kutná Hora Wine Trail is under 6 km and links the historic center with vineyards toward Sukov Hill.