{"id":3076,"date":"2018-03-01T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/croatian-vines\/regije-vina-croatia\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T11:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:41:54","slug":"croatian-wine-regions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/croatian-wine-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatian wine regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Favourable geographic position, diversity of climate and pedological settings ideal for cultivation of grapevine made the area of the Republic of Croatia exceptionally suitable for development of winegrowing and winemaking through history. Numerous archaeological sites and historical records bear witness to the times when the Greeks, Illyrian tribes and the Romans were spreading the winegrowing culture and enjoying wine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other winemaking countries, Croatia has four different regions which build upon specific insolation properties necessary for successful cultivation of grapevine. Each one of them reflects influence of the Mediterranean, of the Alps, and of the Pannonian Plain. In a relatively small space extending from the south to the north, sunny Dalmatia is abutted by Croatian Istria and Kvarner. Hills of the Central Croatia are in the northwestern hinterland between mountains and hills sloping down from the Alps and the Dinaric Alps. They reach across gentle slopes of the Slavonian Mountains into Slavonia and the Croatia\u2019s part of the Danube Basin in the extreme east of the country \u2013 ultimately arriving to the banks of the Danube.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diversity of terroirs allows a wide range of wine styles and diverse varieties of wine. Gra\u0161evina (Welschriesling) is the most widely grown Croatian variety, largely cultivated in inland areas to produce diverse varieties of wines ranging from light and fresh sparkling ones rich in aromas through young to full-bodied, complex, and matured Gra\u0161evina. In addition to Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Traminer, Gr\u00fcner Silvaner, and Sauvignon, the inland area is also the home to many indigenous varieties such as \u0160krlet, Kle\u0161\u010dec or Kraljevina typical to individual winemaking subregions. An equal challenge lies in discovering the best red wines produced from Pinot Noir, Blaufr\u00e4nkisch, Merlot, or Cabernet Sauvignon. Istria prides itself in Malvasia, along with Teran, Borgonja, Muscat Rose, and Mu\u0161kat Momjanski. Off Adriatic coast, there are thousands of islands harbouring their indigenous grape varieties such as \u017dlahtina (Chasselas), Mara\u0161tina, Po\u0161ip, Grk, Babi\u0107, Plavina, or Plavac Mali harvested in particularly attractive Dinga\u010d area, as well as globally popular Croatian variety \u2013 Crljenak Ka\u0161telanski (Zinfandel).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"669\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/map-of-croatian-wine-regions.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/map-of-croatian-wine-regions.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/map-of-croatian-wine-regions-283x300.jpeg 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favourable geographic position, diversity of climate and pedological settings ideal for cultivation of grapevine made the area of the Republic of Croatia exceptionally suitable for development of winegrowing and winemaking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4769,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinacroatia.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}