Blauer Portugieser
[Portugizac]
Also known as, Portugeiser, Oporto, Portugaljka, Portugizac Crni.
BLAUER PORTUGIESER: (aka Portugieser, see below.)
BOBAL: Red wine grape extensively grown in Spain. Produces deeply colored wine suitable for blending.
Origin: (/St. Laurent x Blauer Portugieser/ x Alibernet).It was cultivated by Professor V. Kraus in Lednice (Moravia) in 1965. In the Czech Republic, it is seldom grown (only 0,2 % of the entire vineyard areas).
After the Ottoman Empire ceded Hungary to the Austrians in 1699, the Germanic influence was felt with the introduction of grape varieties such as Blauer Portugieser.
 See also: Grape, Riesling, Wine, Quality, Portugieser
  
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