About wine
Grape wine is a beverage produced by alcoholic fermentation of mash (crushed grapes) or must extracted from grapes of grapevine. Our wine law classifies wines according to ripeness of grapes used for production, namely to grape table wine, country, quality, attributive and special wine.
Quality wine is divided into two cathegories: quality varietal wine and quality brand wine.
Wine with attribute is divided into kabinet, late harvest, special selection of grapes, special selection of berries and special selection of botrytis-affected noble berries.
Special Straw and Ice wine.
According to the method of processing, the wine is further classified and referred to as dessert, spiced dessert, sparkling and carbonated wine.
(drawn from the encyclopedia of wine)
The best-known bred wines in our country:
white wines
- Pálava - hybrid (Traminer x Müller Thurgau)
- Moravian Muscat - hybrid (Muscat Ottonel x Prachttraube)
- Aurelius - hybrid (Neuburg x Rhine Riesling))
- Malverina - hybrid (Frühroter Veltliner x Merlot)
red wines
- Agni - hybrid (André x Irsai Oliver)
- Cabernet Moravia - hybrid (Cabernet Franc x Zweigeltrebe)
- Alibernet - hybrid (Alicante Bouchet x Cabernet Sauvignon)
- André - hybrid (Blaufränkisch/Lemberger x Saint Laurent)
- Ariana - hybrid (Rhine Riesling x Saint Laurent) x Zweigeltrebe
- Neronet - hybrid (Saint Laurent x Blauer Portugieser) x (Alicante Bouchet x Cabernet Sauvignon)
The best-known white wines: Irsai Oliver, Moravian Muscat (Czech: Muškát moravský), Muscat Ottonel, Grüner Veltliner (Czech: Veltlínské zelené), Welschriesling (Czech: Ryzlink vlašský), Rhine Riesling (Czech: Ryzlink rýnský), Müller Thurgau, Neuburg (Czech: Neuburské), Grüner Sylvaner (Czech: Sylvánské zelené), Pinot Blanc (Czech: Rulandské bílé), Pinot Gris (Czech: Rulandské šedé), Sauvignon Blanc, Pálava, Děvín, Chardonnay, Aurelius, Kerner and Gewürztraminer (Czech: Tramín červený).
The best-known red wines: Blauer Portugieser (Czech: Modrý portugal), Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Moravia, André, Zweigeltrebe, Alibernet, Blaufränkisch/Lemberger (Czech: Frankovka), Neronet, Merlot, Pinot Noir (Czech: Rulandské modré) and Saint Laurent (Czech: Svatovavřinecké).
Restaurants and pubs with good wine: