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    Zilga

    interspecific hybrid

    Zilga is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Latvia.2

    In 2023 it covered 0.5 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1311 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

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

    VIVC lists its parents as (smuglyanka X Dvietes Zila) × Jubileinaja Novgoroda, as given by the breeder or the literature.1

    VIVC records 1 other name for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    Latvia2
    Area, 2023
    <1 ha2
    World rank
    1311 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 222551
    parent(smuglyanka X Dvietes Zila)
    parentJubileinaja Novgoroda
    Zilga

    Area by country

    1. Lithuania0.5 ha

    Area, 2023

    Where Zilga grows

    1. OriginLatvia
    2. AreaLithuania

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    Other names

    Dvietes 4-2-108

    Parents

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 22255. 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