Level 7 · Lesson 7
The Balkans and Eastern Europe: Beyond the Familiar Map
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Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Grape variety
- The cultivated vine variety contributing fruit; its traits interact with site, harvest and winemaking.
- Vintage
- The harvest year. A document for one vintage does not automatically describe another.
- Origin
- The declared geographic source of a wine, interpreted through the applicable designation and evidence.
- Inference
- An explanation drawn from evidence, distinct from a direct observation or measurement.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- SERB — Prokupac, located wine routes and Ivanović producer reference; no specific wine edition.
- MAC — Vranec and central Vardar growing context; population stereotypes excluded.
- GR1 — Grape traits and context; sensory tendencies, not compulsory bottle results.
- GR2 — Grape traits and context; sensory tendencies, not compulsory bottle results.
- GR3 — Grape traits and context; sensory tendencies, not compulsory bottle results.
- WA — Cramele Recaș Fetele Fetească Regală — 2022 historical technical sheet; Romanian white identity
- WB — Villa Melnik Aplauz Mavrud — Undated range reference; Local producer Mavrud; not a universal Bulgarian recipe
- WC — Rară Neagră de Purcari — Undated range reference; Moldovan red identity
- WD — Villa Melnik Aplauz Melnik 55 — Undated range reference; Second Bulgarian grape counters one-bottle stereotype
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.