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Italian Riesling
Welschriesling is a white wine grape variety, unrelated to the Rhine Riesling, that is grown throughout Southeastern & Central Europe. It has many synonyms, including Borba blanca.
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Welschriesling
- Grape variety.color
- Blanc
- Grape variety.image
- Welschriesling grape cluster.jpg
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- Riesling Italico, Olaszrizling, Laški Rizling, Graševina (more)
- Grape variety.hazards
- Bunch stem necrosis
- Grape variety.regions
- Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania,
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- Origin
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- Characteristics
- References
Welschriesling is a white wine grape variety, unrelated to the Rhine Riesling, that is grown throughout Southeastern & Central Europe. It has many synonyms, including Borba blanca.
==Origin== The descendance of Welschriesling is uncertain. The German name Welschriesling literally means 'Romanic Riesling' (cf. Walhaz), and most of the synonyms in Southeastern & Central Europe are variations on 'Italian Riesling'. Welschriesling may have been brought to Central Europe by the ancient Romans. However, the Croatian name Graševina suggests that the origin might be somewhere to the east of the Balkans.