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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
grape variety
Country of origin
Italy
Location
Serbia
Image
Welschriesling grape cluster.jpg
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Commons category
Welschriesling
fruit color
white
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Origin
  • Wine regions
  • Names in other languages
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Italian Riesling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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