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Prhljavac

Synonym (also Vranac Prhljavac) for the grape variety ; see there.

The red grape variety comes from the Balkan region - probably Montenegro. Synonyms are Kratošija, Prhljavac, Varjusszoeloe, Vranac Crmnichki, Vranac Crni, Vranac Ornogorski, Vranac Prhljavac, Vranac Rehuljavi, Vranak, Vranatz, Vranatz Hrstacha, Vranec, Vranek, Vranetze and Vranik. This probably very old variety was already widely cultivated in the Middle Ages. It is probably identical with the Styrian variety Vranek described by Hermann Goethe (1837-1911) in his...

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