- Buying or drinking wine is optional. Begin with the map, named labels and worked examples in the lesson.
- Have water, a notebook and the linked producer documents available. Match the wine and document edition before applying its numbers.
Level 7 · Lesson 7
The Balkans and Eastern Europe: Beyond the Familiar Map
10:39C79
Before you press play
Choose your preparation track
You do not need to buy every comparison wine. Choose the track that matches your time, budget, and interest.
- If tasting, use small pours, water, breaks and a spit cup. Keep the names beside the glasses and a little of your first wine for the revisit.
- A — Cramele Recaș Fetele Fetească Regală. Romania / Recaș · Fetească Regală. Document: 2022 historical technical sheet. Romanian white identity. Preserve this origin and teaching role; verify the replacement edition and revise dependent commentary. Otherwise use the no-wine dossier.
- B — Villa Melnik Aplauz Mavrud. Bulgaria / Melnik · Mavrud. Document: Undated range reference. Local producer Mavrud; not a universal Bulgarian recipe. Preserve this origin and teaching role; verify the replacement edition and revise dependent commentary. Otherwise use the no-wine dossier.
- C — Rară Neagră de Purcari. Moldova / Purcari · Rară Neagră. Document: Undated range reference. Moldovan red identity. Preserve this origin and teaching role; verify the replacement edition and revise dependent commentary. Otherwise use the no-wine dossier.
- D — Villa Melnik Aplauz Melnik 55. Bulgaria / Melnik · Melnik 55. Document: Undated range reference. Second Bulgarian grape counters one-bottle stereotype. Preserve this origin and teaching role; verify the replacement edition and revise dependent commentary. Otherwise use the no-wine dossier.
- Follow the maps, labels and producer documents without buying or drinking wine. The video supplies worked explanations.
- Write down what the evidence establishes, what it suggests, and what remains unknown.
Taste responsibly: small pours, water, food, and spit cups are sensible equipment. Never build transport plans after the bottles are open.
Wine references for this class
Labels, technical sheets and source material
Use the named producer, wine and edition. A historical sheet or range page cannot establish the contents of another vintage.
- 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