Helmut Becker (8 March 1927 – 19 July 1990), German viticulturist, was chief of the
Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute
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.
[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
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, he viewed
viticulture
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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
clones
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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
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eradication program.
Some of the grape varieties bred by Helmut Becker at the Research Institute Geisenheim :
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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.
See also
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German wine
German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Ancient Rome, Roman era. Approximately 60 percent of German wine is produced in the state of Rhine ...
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List of wine personalities
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References
Further reading
*
Robinson, Jancis (Ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to Wine''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1999.
1927 births
1990 deaths
German viticulturists
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
People from the Rheingau
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