St. Clare's Vineyard Harvest Festival, Prague 2026 (Vinobraní na Vinici sv. Kláry)
Prague's Botanical Garden hosts its annual harvest festival on the St. Clare's vineyard slope in Troja each September. Two days of grape pressing, Czech wine tastings, music, and the chance to taste wine made on the city's oldest documented vineyard site.
Vinobraní na Vinici sv. Kláry — the harvest festival on St. Clare's vineyard — is Prague's most atmospheric urban wine event. It takes place each September on the south-facing slope of the Prague Botanical Garden in Troja, north of the river, where the vineyard has been documented since the 13th century. The 2026 edition runs Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September.
What happens
The vineyard's own grapes are picked and pressed live during the festival, and the resulting must (burčák) is poured fresh — this is one of the few chances in Prague to taste burčák that genuinely came from the slope you are standing on, rather than from a tank somewhere in Moravia. Around 20–25 Czech wineries set up tasting stalls on the surrounding terraces, mostly from Moravia (Mikulov, Velké Pavlovice, Znojmo) plus a handful of small Bohemian growers. Czech-style food (klobása, brambory, koláče) and live folk music run through the afternoon.
Where it is
Vinice sv. Kláry sits inside Botanická zahrada hl. m. Prahy (Prague Botanical Garden) at Trojská 800/196, Prague 7-Troja. It is the same complex as Troja Château and the Prague Zoo. The vineyard slope is a short walk uphill from the main garden entrance. From central Prague, take metro C to Nádraží Holešovice then bus 112 to Botanická zahrada Troja, or tram 17 to Trojská and walk up.
Practical tips
Buy your tasting glass and ticket booklet at the entrance — most stalls accept the booklet vouchers rather than cash. Arrive in the morning if you want to taste the freshly pressed burčák before it sells out; the slope gets crowded by mid-afternoon. The festival runs rain or shine, but the slope is grass and gets slippery — wear flat shoes. There is no on-site parking; public transport is the only sensible option.
Why come
This is the festival to come to if you want to see how Czechs themselves celebrate harvest — it is local-first, low-tourist, and rooted in a vineyard with 700 years of continuous documentation. The wines on offer are almost all unavailable outside Czechia, which makes it the most efficient way to taste the country's range in a single afternoon. Pair it the same trip with the Svatováclavské vinobraní at Villa Richter two weeks later (St. Wenceslas Day, 28 September) for two very different takes on Prague harvest culture.
Verify before you go
Official sources: botanicka.cz (Prague Botanical Garden — the venue) and kudyznudy.cz (Czech tourism portal). Dates and ticket prices are typically confirmed by the venue in late summer; check the botanical garden website for the final programme.