CENTRAL EUROPE
CENTRAL EUROPE IS– Countries- 9
- WHITE= | RED= “Almost Everything”
- **Refer to Countries/ Sub-Chapters For Varietal Information
GEOGRAPHY– HEMISPHERE-Northern, REGION– Central Europe
- COUNTRIES-Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland
TOPOGRAPHY– FEATURES- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly/ Mountainous/ Valley/ Terraced”
CLIMATE– “Atlantic/ Oceanic”, “Mediterranean”, “Continental”
SOILS– “Metamorphic”, “Volcanic”, “Sedimentary”
- DANUBE RIVER
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- Located In Central Europe & Eastern Europe (Headwaters In Black Forest of Germany Near Freiburg/ Martinskapelle to Black Sea)
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly/ Terraced”
- Tributaries of Danube River- Rhine/ Main, Inn, Morava, Tisa, Drava, Tisza, Sava, Olt
- WINE REGIONS ON DANUBE RIVER
- Austria, Hungary, Croatia
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- SUBCARPATHIAN DEPRESSION
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- Depression Area Around Western/ Northern/ Eastern Carpathian Mountain Arc, Runs Ardis’s Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, and Romania. Opposite of Side of Carpathin Mountains
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly/ Terraced”
- WINE REGIONS ON SUBCARPATHIAN DEPRESSION
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- CARPATHIN MOUNTAINS ARC–
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- 1,500 km. Long Range Runs West to East In Arc From Slovakia Across Ukraine(South-East) to Romania
- Sub-Zones- Southern Carpathians Western Carpathians
- Inner Western Carpathian Inner Eastern Carpathians
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Rolling/ Hilly/ Mountainous”
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- TRANSYLVANIAN PLATEAU/ BASIN–
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe(North-East)
- Surrounded by Eastern and Southern Carpathian Mountains
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling”
- SOILS- Neogene Sandstone, Clay
- WINE REGIONS ON TRANSYLVANIAN PLATEAU
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe(North-East)
- PANNONIAN BASIN– AKA=Carpathian Basin
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe(South-East), Hungary, Serbia(Vojvodina/ Macva), Central Croatia, Slavonia, Western Slovakia, Parts of Ukraine, Lower Austria Moravia, Bosnia
- BORDERS-Vienna(In North-West) & Zagrebs(South-West)
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- Dried Out Pannonian Sea From Piocene Epoch Era
- On~Danube~&~Tisza~Rivers~
- BETWEEN-Carpathians Mountains & Transyvanian Plateau
- WINE REGIONS ON PANNONIAN BASIN
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After Pannonia, Province From the Roman Empire
- AKA=Carpathian Basin
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe(South-East), Hungary, Serbia(Vojvodina/ Macva), Central Croatia, Slavonia, Western Slovakia, Parts of Ukraine, Lower Austria Moravia, Bosnia
- HUNGARIAN PLAIN– AKA=Alfold
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( ), Hungary(South & East)
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- WINE REGIONS ON HUNGARIAN PLAIN
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- EASTERN SLOVAK LOWLANDS–
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( ), Part of Hungarian Plain
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- Consists of Eastern Slovak Hills, Eastern Slovak Flat
- WINE REGIONS ON EASTERN SLOVAK LOWLANDS
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- ROMANIAN LOWLANDS–
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe(South-East)
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- WINE REGIONS ON ROMANIAN LOWLANDS
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- VIENNA BASIN–
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- Western End of Sub-Carpathian Depression, East of Vienna
- TOPOGRAPHY- “Flat/ Rolling/ Hilly”
- WINE REGIONS ON VIENNA BASIN
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- AUSTRIAN-SOUTH-MARAVIAN CARPATHIANS–
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
- Mountain Range Along Border of Austria and Czech Republic
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly”
- WINE REGIONS ON AUSTRIAN-SOUTH-MARAVIAN CARPATHIANS
- CULTURE- ~Etymology~ Named After
- GEOGRAPHY– Europe, REGION-Central Europe( )
GEOGRAPHIC DISCLAIMER~ “To Benefit From “Demystifying “The Vine” and the World of Wine a Understanding of Central Europe’s Geography and Topography is Needed and the Ability to Visualize Its Wine Regions. Sections In Central Europe Are Organized In a North to South, / East to West Orientation and Intended to Be Researched as So.”
- SUB-CHAPTERS Of FRANCE CENTRAL EUROPE
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Hungary
- Luxembourg
- Slovakia
- Switzerland
- **Refer to These Proceeding Sub-Chapters For Detailed Information.
**Refer to “BIBLIOGRAPHY/ Sources” For Details On Scholarly Works Referenced.