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    Tsitska

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Tsitska is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Georgia.2

    In 2023 it covered 253 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 450 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Georgia.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 91%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Bazaleturi × unknown, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 13 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Georgia2
    Area, 2023
    253 ha2
    World rank
    450 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 126931
    parentBazaleturi
    parentunknown
    Tsitska

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Georgia253 ha

    Area, 2023

    2,8393,6423,6422532000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Tsitska grows

    1. OriginGeorgia
    2. AreaGeorgia

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    Other names

    Chanti · Chanti Bianco · Cicka · Mamali Tsitska · Mamali Tzitzka · Scanti · Shanti · Tsistka · Tsitsca · Tsitsiko · Tsitsko · Tzitzka

    Parents

    Other varieties from Georgia

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 12693. 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