Croatia & Balkans Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 wine regions of Croatia?
A
Slavonia & The Danube
Croatian Uplands
Istria & Kvarner
Dalmatia
2
Q
What is the most widely cultivated grape in Croatia?
A
Welschriesling
3
Q
What body of water lies to the West of Croatia?
A
Adriatic Sea
4
Q
What is Grasevina?
A
The Croatian name for Welschriesling.
5
Q
In which of Croatia’s 4 regions will I find more red grapes?
What do they call Zinfandel here?
What other important red is grown here, one of Zin’s offspring?
A
Dalmatia
Crljenak Kastelanski
Plavac Mali
6
Q
What’s the Macedonian wine region to know?
Flagship red grape?
A
Vardar Valley
Vranec
7
Q
Montenegro’s best reds are made from what 2 grapes?
A
Vranec
Kratosija (Zin)
8
Q
Whats the up and coming Serbian wine region to know?
A
Vojvodin
