Talk:Croatian wine

Review
There's been a request for a review of this article, so here it is...

First of all, this is really a very good article in terms of coverage and accuracy, especially considering that high-level overview articles such as this one are very difficult to write. One possible weaker spot: the article focuses mostly on grape varieties, but there's little on wine manufacturers.

The paragraph on the Ottoman Empire's influence on wine production needs to be checked. If I'm not mistaken, no part of today's Croatia has been under Ottoman rule for a substantial period of time; the description seems to fit Bosnia better than Croatia.

In terms of structure, supporting materials, grammar and style, the article is excellent.

Referencing is the weakest spot. I believe this is the only reason the article is assessed as C class instead of B. Inline references are needed; I'd certainly recommend vinopedia.hr (an expert-edited wiki that qualifies as a reliable source). For the "Classification" section, the Wine Act external link I added could be used.

That's about it. With little additional work, this will be a B class article... GregorB (talk) 20:45, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Adding new sort
I am not an expert for the issue, but came upon Zinfandel that is also of Croatian origin. Can someone put it into the corresponding place in the article? Cheers!85.178.154.208 (talk) 22:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * There cannot be Zinfandel of Croatian origin sold as "Zinfandel". If you are referring to the vintage that Zlatan Plenkovic sells, that is labelled as Crljenak Kaštelanski as the Californians have a lock on the Zinfandel name.  And technically, all Zinfandels are of Croatian origin ;) Primecoordinator 11:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC-7)

The Plavac Mali Lineage issue
There seems to be a great deal of confusion in regards to Plavac Mali and Crljenak Kaštelanski/Primitivo/Zinfandel (these are the same wines). This article had mixed references of which some were correct and some were incorrect. I've gone through and hopefully fixed them once and for all. To set the record straight, Plavac Mali is the child of a cross between Crljenak Kaštelanski and Dobričić which are both autochthonous varietals to Croatia. Plavac Mali is not a cousin to Crljenak Kaštelansk nor is Crljenak Kaštelansk the child of Plavac Mali. I can only guess that the confusion arises from winemaker Mike Grgich thinking that the relationship was inverted and people repeating that information (such as one or two wine importers who consistently get it wrong). I stand by these facts as I'm a Croatian wine writer who has actually talked to the winemakers, the DNA researchers from UC Davis, and have written a book about the wines of Dalmatia. Primecoordinator 11:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC-7)

Two wrong facts regarding the Grasevina
There are two facts that have no sense regarding white grape Grasevina. It widely grows in whole continental region of Croatia NOT Istria nor Dalmatia. I've edited the article twice and it was reverted to the previous (wrong) state. As I am a wineproducer myself I really know this facts very well, but here's the link (in Croatian) that proves my point: http://www.vinopedia.hr/wiki/index.php?title=gra%C5%A1evina Here are the quotes that should be corrected: " The coastal wine region runs from Istria in the north to Dalmatia to the south. The Mediterranean climate, with long, hot dry summers and mild, short, wet winters is particularly well suited to wine production. In Istria and the north coast, the focus is on fruity, dry white wines from a wide range of grape varieties, including Malvazija and Graševina, “ > Graševina is not planted nor it is produced in Istria. Total nonsense... “Widely grown throughout the Continental Region. Central and south Dalmatia. Slavonia produces the largest number of premium quality Graševina wines.” > Also grasevina is not planted nor produced in central and south Dalmatia only in Continental region of Croatia. 93.138.50.37 (talk) 00:57, 5 August 2011 (UTC)Koshpa93.138.50.37 (talk) 00:57, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I've added the references suggested here to the article (which is a good way of supporting one's edits and keeping them from being reverted). GregorB (talk) 12:48, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Re-classification of Croatian wine regions
I have been reading information on this in Decanter magazine and other Internet based sources that since Croatia joined the EU in 2013 that the quality wine regions are now divided into 4. Dalmatia, Slavonia and Danube, Istria and Kvarner, and Croatian Uplands. Could this be updated? I am trying to find good references but someone else may have better information.Firebuild (talk) 07:58, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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