Plešivica, Sveta Jana and Vivodina are the principal named winegrowing areas of Plešivica, in Croatia's Croatian Uplands. Rhine Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay are its representative white varieties; Portugizac and Pinot Noir represent the reds. The Church, nobility, and the wealthy towns of Samobor and Jastrebarsko preserved its winemaking tradition. Plešivica is a protected EU wine-origin name.
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Elsewhere in Croatian Uplands
- MoslavinaNo producers listed yetMoslavina lies along the Sava on the gentle slopes of Moslavačka gora. Its closely associated indigenous white grape, Škrlet, has a delicate, strongly aromatic profile.
- PokupljeNo producers listed yetPokuplje follows the lower Kupa from Ozalj to its confluence with the Sava near Sisak. Its vineyards lie in the low rolling Vukomeričke gorice of the Kupa drainage.
- Prigorje-BilogoraNo producers listed yetPrigorje-Bilogora extends from the land between Medvednica and the Sava to hilly Bilogora between the Sava and Drava. Vineyards occupy the foothills of Medvednica, Kalnik and Bilogora.
- Zagorje – MeđimurjeNo producers listed yetZagorje and Međimurje is a Croatian Uplands wine area where Pušipel is the native variety identified with Međimurje. It appears in standard, late, selected and ice-harvest styles.
- Zapadna kontinentalna HrvatskaNo producers listed yetZapadna kontinentalna Hrvatska is a wine area within Croatia's Croatian Uplands and a protected EU wine-origin name.