Town · Lezhë
Lezhë
Where the Albanian princes swore their 1444 league, and where Skanderbeg is buried.
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A dark northern red grape from the Lezhë–Shkodër zone, related to Hungary's Kadarka.
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Kallmet is a red grape grown in the north of Albania, around Lezhë and Shkodër. It makes deep coloured wine and is related to a grape grown in Hungary.
Kallmet is a red grape grown in the north of Albania, around Lezhë and Shkodër. It makes deep coloured wine and is related to a grape grown in Hungary.
Town · Lezhë
Where the Albanian princes swore their 1444 league, and where Skanderbeg is buried.
Guide
Native grapes you cannot get elsewhere, in six regions, mostly at small family wineries.
Drink
A wine culture running back to Illyrian times, rebuilt after 1990 around native grapes.
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