A grapevine and tobacco are two strategic field crops that have made the people of Herzegovina attached to their stingy and barren land. Herzegovina has been known for the cultivation of grapevine for hundreds of years and this tradition is much older than cultivating some other crops..

A grapevine has been grown in these areas for more than 2000 years, which is testified by many archaeological monuments as well as written documents.Herzegovina is directly influenced by the Adriatic Sea, having all characteritics of the Mediterranean climate.

The average monthly air temperature constantly rises from January till July.Autumn months are usually warmer than spring months, which is typical for the Mediterranean climate.The highest temperature is approximately 25°C and it usually lasts for 117 days a year, while the vegetational period with the temperature higher than 10°C lasts for 239 days.

There are 2,290 hours of sunshine per year. The average air temperature in the vegetational period is 19,4 °C.The large tract of land known as wine-growing hills of Mostar has a form of a circle which links the towns of Bijelo Polje - Domanovići - Stolac - Čapljina - Ljubuški - Međugorje.

The people of Herzegovina are proud of their wine and they are often unwilling to sell it believing in Hajjam's saying that there is nothing better to buy than wine. A man needs 365 litres of wine to live through the year. A travel writer from Orient has described the people of Herzegovina as arrogant and „ drinking wine all day long and if you ask them to give you some water, you will remain thirsty. „