Review article

Viticulture and enology in the Republic of Croatia within the framework of the world

Ivana Alpeza ; HCPHS, Zavod za vinogradarstvo i vinarstvo, Zagreb
Ivan Prša ; HCPHS, Zavod za vinogradarstvo i vinarstvo, Zagreb
Branka Mihaljević

Abstract

Despite the current global economic crisis and the decrease in the number of the world’s wine-growing areas, viability of viticulture and enology in Croatia is unquestionable, mostly owing to the opulence of natural and ecological factors in which our men have already written a strong historical heritage permeated with demographic and cultural influences. Even vineyards are nowadays in many parts of the country a part of the touristic landscape offer and a good wine, undoubtedly, is a highly-positioned reason of the arrival of new guests and the return of the regular ones. The abundance of old varieties which are unknown outside our country represents a true national treasure and specificity in the production and the more frequent return to historical authenticity speaks for the fact that the market is saturated with perfected wines produced in high-quality, but they are all similar so our future lies in the compound of the difference and the quality. This claim is supported by the fact that, despite the crisis, the consumption of wine in the world grows and specific qualities are always one step ahead. In this sense, a generally-known and accepted term “terroir” gets a new dimension which includes both the consumer and his experience of wine quality in a defined environment of nature and man.

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Hrčak ID:

162627

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162627

Publication date:

1.8.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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