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Vranec

deep, tannic native red from the Tikveš valley

North Macedonia Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

North Macedonia’s flagship red grape, planted heavily in Tikveš, a wine region since antiquity and greatly expanded in Yugoslav times.

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What is Vranec?

Vranec is a wine & spirit from North Macedonia: deep, tannic native red from the Tikveš valley. North Macedonia’s flagship red grape, planted heavily in Tikveš, a wine region since antiquity and greatly expanded in Yugoslav times.

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grapes

Cooked

fermented

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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