Level 7 · Lesson 6
Slovenia and Croatia: Borderlands and the Adriatic
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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
- GOV — Current three-region, nine-district framework.
- GRAPE — Rebula/Ribolla regional identity; variety identity also supported by the national Austrian variety guide.
- GRASEVINA — Welschriesling is distinct from Riesling; Graševina name also documented in the Croatian municipal variety catalogue.
- SYNONYM — Croatian municipal variety catalogue lists Graševina synonyms; historical botanical context, not current wine law.
- GR1 — Grape traits and context; sensory tendencies, not compulsory bottle results.
- WA — Kabaj Rebula — Undated range reference; Rebula production and barrel maturation; vintage claims not transferred
- WB — Verus Furmint — Undated range; producer page fetched and identity verified; Furmint identity and eastern Slovenian producer context
- WC — Kozlović Malvazija — 2025 page; Istrian white reference
- WD — Kutjevo Graševina de Gotho — Undated regional association reference; Inland Croatian white case
- WE — Kabaj Sivi Pinot — Undated range reference; Producer explicitly states 15 days maceration; not an all-Slovenia style
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.