Ehrenbreitsteiner
Ehrenbreitsteiner is a white wine grape variety of German origin. It was created by Helmut Becker at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 1964, by crossing the varieties Ehrenfelser and Reichensteiner.Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Ehrenbreitsteiner
, accessed on November 18, 2009 It was granted plant variety rights in 1993 and was certified in 1994.
accessed on November 18, 2009 Ehrenbreitsteiner was created in a programme where Becker was searching for new grape varieties more resistant to

Helmut Becker
Helmut Becker (8 March 1927 – 19 July 1990), German viticulturist, was chief of the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.Andrew G Reynolds, ''Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry: Traditional and Molecular Techniques'' Elsevier, 2015, , p. 92 ff As a successor of Heinrich Birk, he viewed viticulture from a global perspective and promoted the globalization of a quality wine industry. Dr. Becker collaborated with numerous scientists around the world and encouraged the importation of important Cloning, clones and varieties in New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Japan and other countries. He did early important work in Neustadt/Weinstrasse during the 1950s and 1960s in the European phylloxera eradication program. Some of the grape varieties bred by Helmut Becker at the Research Institute Geisenheim : File:Saphira-08-8.JPG, Saphira (grape), Saphira File:Rondo-07-1.JPG, Rondo (grape), Rondo File:Prinzipal 04a 6.JPG, Prinzipal (grape), Prinzipal File:Dakapo 04 6.JPG, Dakapo Fil ...
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