Vitovska

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}

Vitovska or Vitouska, also known in Slovene as Vitovska Grganja or Garganja, is an Italian and Slovene wine grape predominantly planted in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and the Karst Plateau in the Slovenian Littoral. The name vitovska is of Slovene origin, from Vitovlje,Koledar Goriške Mohorjeve družbe za leto 1997. 1997. Gorizia: Mohorjeva družba, p. 118. and grganja is of Friulian origin, from gargànie (nere).Štrekelj, Karol. 1986. "Prinos k poznavanju tujih besed v slovenščini." Letopis Slovenske matice, pp. 138–167. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, p. 146. The grape is now mostly found in the lower Isonzo and Carso regions of northeast Italy. The grape produces a dry white wine.M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy Italian Wines for Dummies pg 139 Hungry Minds 2001 {{ISBN|0-7645-5355-0}}

Vitovska is a cross between Prosecco Tondo and Malvasia Bianca Lunga.

Vitouska is the progeny of Prosecco tondo and Malvasia bianca lunga, Crespan, M. Crespan, G. Giannetto, S. Meneghetti, S. Costacurta, A., Vitis, Germany, 2007, VOL 46; N° 4, pages 192-195, {{ISSN|0042-7500}}