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Bouteille de Shesh i zi, vin d'Albanie
tobiashm · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Shesh i Bardhë and Shesh i Zi

Albania's signature white and red grapes, grown mainly around Tirana and Durrës.

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Type
Grape varieties
Named after
The village of Shesh, near Tirana
Bardhë / Zi
Albanian for 'white' and 'black'
Grown in
Chiefly the Tirana and Durrës hills

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Shesh i Bardhë (white Shesh) and Shesh i Zi (black Shesh) are grapes that grow in Albania and almost nowhere else. They are named after a village near Tirana.

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Shesh i Bardhë (white Shesh) and Shesh i Zi (black Shesh) are grapes that grow in Albania and almost nowhere else. They are named after a village near Tirana.

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City · Tiranë

Tirana

The capital: a fast-changing city of painted blocks, Ottoman survivals and new towers, under Mount Dajti.

Drink

Albanian Wine

A wine culture running back to Illyrian times, rebuilt after 1990 around native grapes.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Shesh (grape) — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata. Wikidata item Q51314206 · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
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