There are many competitive advantages when it comes to tourism in Croatia, primarily to natural resources. In order to become competitive advantage, it is necessary to know how to administer with the mentioned comparative advantage. Mass tourism which binds the sea and the sun is losing its popularity, but in the same time, selective forms of tourism become more attractive. There are many selective forms of tourism which contribute to the sustainable development of Croatia. The sustainable development is the imperative for improving the tourism market which requires constant upgrading, what is more, it is a requirement for the development of tourism and tourist attractions in the same time. Wine tourism is a relatively new trend in tourism, which has been developed rapidly in the 1990s, and includes visiting vineyards, wineries where a wine tasting and a wine experiencing are primary motivating factors. However, wine tourism can be a feature of tourism that not only includes wine tasting at places outside the place of permanent residence, but involves variety of activities such as visits to vineyards and wineries in certain wine growing regions. In this work will be explained and defined concept of tourism, its history of creation, development and significance of tourism, and tourism functions. In the thesis will be interpreted the transition from the mass selective forms of tourism and wine tourism as a subgroup of selective tourism. Further, there will be defined wine roads as one of the many offers of the wine tourism in Croatia, as well as the gastronomy and the enology of the wine tourism. In the work will be mentioned the analysis of the wine roads in Virovitičkopodravska county, which are also the example in the paper. At the end of the work will be listed tourist offer of the wine roads from Virovitičkopodravska county.