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    Shiroka Melnishka

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Shiroka Melnishka is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Bulgaria.2

    The latest figure in the database is for 2016: 1,205 hectares; no area is listed for 2023.2

    It was grown in one country only: Bulgaria.2

    Between 2000 and 2016 its area shrank by 68%.2

    VIVC records 8 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    Bulgaria2
    Area, latest data: 2016
    1,205 ha2
    VIVC
    № 118381

    Area by country

    1. Bulgaria1,205 ha

    Area, 2016

    3,8041,5801,2052000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Shiroka Melnishka grows

    1. OriginBulgaria
    2. AreaBulgaria

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    Other names

    Melnik · Shiroka Melnishka Loza · Chiroka Melmichka Losa · Chiroka Melnichka · Shiroka Melnichka Loza · Shiroka Melnishka · Siroka Mielniska · Tajke E Zeze

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 11838. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3