Varieties

Explore grape varieties in depth — their character, origin, and the styles they create across different wine regions.

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A Pink Sensation: The 2020 Cabernet Cortis from the Chresno winery is an exceptional wine made from a PIWI variety

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A Pink Sensation: The 2020 Cabernet Cortis from the Chresno winery is an exceptional wine made from a PIWI variety

Starohrvatska Belina (Gouais blanc/Heunisch Weiß) is an old Croatian grape variety that sparked the Peasant Revolt of 1573

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Starohrvatska Belina (Gouais blanc/Heunisch Weiß) is an old Croatian grape variety that sparked the Peasant Revolt of 1573

The first Croatian Rebula is in an amphora: R&J Boutique Winery in Sveta Jana has 600 vines of this Slovenian-Italian variety

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The first Croatian Rebula is in an amphora: R&J Boutique Winery in Sveta Jana has 600 vines of this Slovenian-Italian variety

Ivana, Ivica and Ivo, or the Witch, the Little Goat and the Goat! They were gathered by the unique Medna variety

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Ivana, Ivica and Ivo, or the Witch, the Little Goat and the Goat! They were gathered by the unique Medna variety

Ivan Damjanić is the biggest producer of the Duranija in the world and has excellent ‘Frankovka’

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Ivan Damjanić is the biggest producer of the Duranija in the world and has excellent ‘Frankovka’

Thank God for wines like the 2024 Kujundžuša from the Grabovac Winery, and thanks to Ante, Nikola, Milan and Mislav for others

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Thank God for wines like the 2024 Kujundžuša from the Grabovac Winery, and thanks to Ante, Nikola, Milan and Mislav for others

Frankovka does not age, it becomes wiser. Feravino and Enosophia have been proving this for decades

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Frankovka does not age, it becomes wiser. Feravino and Enosophia have been proving this for decades

A 'Slow Drink' experience in Pavlomir winery in Novi Vinodolski! Frankovka for aperitif and nine courses of Cabernet Sauvignon

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A 'Slow Drink' experience in Pavlomir winery in Novi Vinodolski! Frankovka for aperitif and nine courses of Cabernet Sauvignon

Cetinka tasting in Zagreb! 11 wines arrived from Korčula

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Cetinka tasting in Zagreb! 11 wines arrived from Korčula

Pušipel celebrated its 18th birthday! Wineries from Međimurje presented 17 wines made of Moslavac, Šipon, Furmint, Mosler...

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Pušipel celebrated its 18th birthday! Wineries from Međimurje presented 17 wines made of Moslavac, Šipon, Furmint, Mosler...

Pinot Gris Day is on 17 May! Grey and white Pinot are the same variety as the black one, only “albino” clones

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Pinot Gris Day is on 17 May! Grey and white Pinot are the same variety as the black one, only “albino” clones

Žuti means yellow, plavec means blue! Žuti Plavec grape variety is not yelow neither blue, but can improve any sparkling wine

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Žuti means yellow, plavec means blue! Žuti Plavec grape variety is not yelow neither blue, but can improve any sparkling wine

Among the 23 Croatian Blaufränkisch wines, Istrian Borgonja Rožoljo 2019 is the first. The Hungarian ones were even better...

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Among the 23 Croatian Blaufränkisch wines, Istrian Borgonja Rožoljo 2019 is the first. The Hungarian ones were even better...

United Nations of Frankovka: 87 wineries from seven countries celebrated the variety in Vienna! Without us...

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United Nations of Frankovka: 87 wineries from seven countries celebrated the variety in Vienna! Without us...

Graševina Night Garden in the atrium of Kutjevo Castle! The champions from this year's evaluation are...

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Graševina Night Garden in the atrium of Kutjevo Castle! The champions from this year's evaluation are...

Salon Sauvignon has been presenting the variety in the monastery in Ptuj for 12 years. Now it has arrived in Ljubljana

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Salon Sauvignon has been presenting the variety in the monastery in Ptuj for 12 years. Now it has arrived in Ljubljana

Nor among flowers there is no justice, is a verse from Petrica Kerempuh's ballad. Neither among grapes... Here are three underrated

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Nor among flowers there is no justice, is a verse from Petrica Kerempuh's ballad. Neither among grapes... Here are three underrated

Did you know that at the 2019 Graševina Festival in Kutjevo, the best one was from Konavle near Dubrovnik?

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Did you know that at the 2019 Graševina Festival in Kutjevo, the best one was from Konavle near Dubrovnik?

An Austrian Master Sommelier with an English address compared Trnjak to the great wines of Tuscany, Veneto and Rioja

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An Austrian Master Sommelier with an English address compared Trnjak to the great wines of Tuscany, Veneto and Rioja

Traminer Festival in Ilok: 42 wines in a fragrant marathon and an evening rhapsody in the open air

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Traminer Festival in Ilok: 42 wines in a fragrant marathon and an evening rhapsody in the open air

Frankovka and borgonja are the same variety, so we can drink Istrian wine with čobanac, and Slavonian wine with žgvacet

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Frankovka and borgonja are the same variety, so we can drink Istrian wine with čobanac, and Slavonian wine with žgvacet

Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9th and 10th, 1856. While was in USA, he asked for the Croatian Wines

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Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9th and 10th, 1856. While was in USA, he asked for the Croatian Wines

Sauvignon can be translated as savage, it is also called fumé blanc, and Rabelais mentioned it as fiers five centuries ago

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Sauvignon can be translated as savage, it is also called fumé blanc, and Rabelais mentioned it as fiers five centuries ago

If I were Greek, I would be called Ο γιος του Βάκχου Ίβο Κοζάρτσανιν! I'm not Greek, but I love wines from a variety called Grk

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If I were Greek, I would be called Ο γιος του Βάκχου Ίβο Κοζάρτσανιν! I'm not Greek, but I love wines from a variety called Grk

Piedmont! Barbera we love, as well as Barbaresco and Barolo from Nebbiolo. Now, we can also enjoy Derthona made from the Timorasso

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Piedmont! Barbera we love, as well as Barbaresco and Barolo from Nebbiolo. Now, we can also enjoy Derthona made from the Timorasso