Pošip is an autochthonous white wine

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...

 grape that is primarily grown in the Dalmatian

Dalmatia

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 region of Croatia

Croatia

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 on the island of Korčula

Korcula

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, although small amounts are also being grown on the Pelješac Peninsula

Pelješac

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. While found in many areas around the Korčula, the primary and most productive growing regions are in and around the municipalities of Čara

Cara

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 and Smokvica

Smokvica

Smokvica is a village on the island of Korčula and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. It has a population of 1,210 , in which the absolute majority are Croats . Smokvica is located in the centre of the island of Korcula, about 4 kilometers west of Čara, 13 kilometers east...

.

There are limited amounts of red wines (primarily Plavac Mali

Plavac Mali

Plavac Mali, a cross between ancestral Zinfandel and Dobričić grapes, is the primary red wine grape grown along the Dalmatian coast of Croatia...

) grown on Korčula, but the main focus of the entire island is on this grape as well the lesser-produced Grk. This focus on Pošip is due to heavy centralization under the former Yugoslavian

Yugoslavia

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 government which decided that this particular grape was best suited for the island and due to the collectivization of wine production, this became standard practice.

Pošip is generally light bodied, around 12-13% in alcohol and best had at the cool temperature of 14 °C. It is a natural companion for fish dishes as well as Pršut

Prosciutto

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 and the light-bodied cheeses that Croatia produces such as Paški sir

Paški sir

Paški sir is a hard, distinctively flavored sheep milk cheese from the Croatian island of Pag...

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