A vineyard track ( cs, viniční trať) is a term used in the

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of the

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, meaning a site suitable for vineyards growing.

Definition

By definition of the law no. 321/2004
Zákon č. 321/2004 Sb. o vinohradnictví a vinařství (Czech) of the

, a vineyard track is ''an agricultural Estate in land, estate, part of an estate, set of estates, ensemble of an estate and a part of an estate or combination of estates, or parts of estate(s), representing a coherent complex/set within one vine-growing region (or sub-region), that is suitable for growing of

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due to its

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, length of

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and soil-climatical properties.''

The term

The term ''trať'' in the winemaking industry (that is a synonym for the English word "track"), primarily used in Czech as a term for 'railroad track', does not have anything to do with railway transportation at all, except for its default meaning.

Default meaning

:The originating meaning 'railway track' (with the common meaning in Czech 'railroad section (a sub-set of rails) of the entire railway system specified in the timetable/schedule, having its own ID number, usually belonging to a specifically delimited (coherent) area, typically between a major railway junction where the track starts and a city/village, where the track ends in the last station/terminal, or a track interconnecting two major junctions to cover the settlements in between') is being used in the very same way for the description of a sub-set of vineyards.

Origin

:In Czech countries, this usage of the word owes its origin most probably to the fact, that the most typical

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in Czech Republic is being aided by using trellising, visually resembling (railway) "tracks" that belong together (form a coherent complex).

Other countries

*German – Germany: the most equivalent term is '' Einzellage''. *German – Austria: The term is ''

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''. *English/French: the most equivalent term is "

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", which however might have much broader meaning, not matching the originating definition.

References

{{Reflist Agriculture in the Czech Republic Law of the Czech Republic Viticulture