Seibel grapes are a group of

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varieties which originated with the work of Albert Seibel crossing European grape with American grape species to increase disease resistance. They were planted widely in France during the 1950s but have seen decline in recent years because French wine law prohibits hybrid grapes in appellation wine. The grapes are still commonly used as blending grapes in

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and mass commercial wines.

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, and

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also have plantings of Seibel grapes.J. Robinson ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' p. 207, Mitchell Beazley 1986 . Almost all of Albert Seibel’s hybrid grapes were descended from only four parent grapes: two European grapes (''

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''), Aramon and Alicante Bouchet; one wild American grape, Jaeger 70 (''

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'' x ''

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''); and one rootstock, AxR1, which was created by crossing Aramon with a wild American ''V. rupestris''. Although Seibel bred tens of thousands of grapes, he did so almost entirely by crossing and re-crossing his original varieties, all of which were descended from the original four vines, so the basic gene pool of his collection remained largely unchanged. Almost all later grapevine hybridizers, such as Bertille Seyve and his father-in-law Victor Villard, would simply breed one or two of Albert Seibel’s grapes together and name their creations after themselves, e.g., Seyve-Villard 5276 (“Seyval Blanc”). P. Galet ''A Practical Ampelography'' p. 221. Cornell University Press 1979 .

List of some Seibel grapes and their common names

*Seibel 1 (a Munson and unknown ''

'' crossing) *Seibel 29 (a Munson and unknown ''Vitis vinifera'' crossing) *Seibel 30 *Seibel 99 *Seibel 405 *Seibel 452 (a crossing of

Alicante Ganzin Alicante Ganzin is a red French wine grape variety. Unlike most ''Vitis vinifera'' wine grapes, Alicante Ganzin is a teinturier with dark flesh that produces red juice. Most varieties used to produce red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syra ...

and Seibel 1) *Seibel 788 (a Sicilien and Clairette Dorée Ganzin) crossing) *Seibel 793 *Seibel 867 (a crossing of Noah and

Vivarais Vivarais (; oc, Vivarés; la, Vivariensis provincia{{cite web , url=http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/orblatv.html , title = ORBIS LATINUS - Letter V) is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the ''département'' of A ...

) *Seibel 880 *Seibel 1000 Rosette *Seibel 1020 Flot rouge *Seibel 2003 Vivarais *Seibel 2007 Aramon du Gard *Seibel 2510

Cinsaut Seibel Cinsaut or Cinsault ( ) is a red wine grape whose heat tolerance and productivity make it important in Languedoc-Roussillon and the former French colonies of Algeria, Lebanon, and Morocco. It is often blended with grapes such as Grenache and Ca ...

*Seibel 2524 *Seibel 2653 Flot d'Or *Seibel 2679 (a crossing of

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and

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) *Seibel 2859 Le Bienvenu *Seibel 3015 (a crossing of

Bayard Bayard may refer to: People * Bayard (given name) * Bayard (surname) *Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473–1524) French knight Places * Bayard, Delaware, an unincorporated community *Bayard (Jacksonville), Florida, a neighborhood * Bayard ...

x Afus Ali ( de)) *Seibel 4199 *Seibel 4461 *Seibel 4595 *Seibel 4643 Roi des Noirs *Seibel 4646 Le Pourpre *Seibel 4986 Rayon d'Or (a crossing of

Aramon du Gard Aramon may refer to: * Aramon (grape) * Aramon, Gard Aramon (; oc, Aramon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France near of Avignon. Population Personalities It was the birthplace of Henri Pitot (1695–1771), hydraulic engi ...

and Seibel 405) *Seibel 5001 Florental (a crossing of Seibel 2510 and Seibel 867) *Seibel 5163 *Seibel 5279 Aurore (a crossing of Seibel 788 & Seibel 29) *Seibel 5351 (a crossing of Seibel 880 and Seibel 2679) *Seibel 5409

Gloire de Seibel ''Gloire'', meaning " glory", has been a popular name for French vessels. Naval vessels named ''Gloire'' * , an ordinary galley * , a 40-gun frigate * , an ordinary galley * , a 46-gun ship of the line * , a 40-gun ship of the line * , a 16-gun cor ...

(a crossing of Seibel 867 and Seibel 452) *Seibel 5410 *Seibel 5455

Plantet Plantet is a red wine grape variety that was one of the hybrid grape created by French physician and grape breeder Albert Seibel. While the exact parentage of the grape is unknown, the most popular theories has it as a cross of two Seibel grapes, ...

*Seibel 5474 (a crossing of Seibel 405 and Seibel 867) *Seibel 5487 Le Redessan *Seibel 5575 Le Rubis *Seibel 5656 (a crossing of Seibel 4595 and Seibel 4199) *Seibel 5898 Rougeon (a crossing of Jaeger 70 and Seibel 3015) *Seibel 6150 (a crossing of Seibel 405 and Flot rouge) *Seibel 6268 (a crossing of Seibel 4614 and Seibel 3011) *Seibel 6468 (a crossing of Seibel 4614 and Seibel 3011) *Seibel 6905 Le Subéreux *Seibel 7042 (a crossing of Seibel 5351 and Seibel 6268) *Seibel 7053 Chancellor *Seibel 8216 (a crossing of Seibel 5410 & 5001) *Seibel 8357 Colobel *Seibel 8665 *Seibel 8724 *Seibel 8745 Seinoir *Seibel 9110 Verdelet *Seibel 9549 De Chaunac *Seibel 10173 Ambror *Seibel 11803 Rubilande *Seibel 10878

Chelois Chelois () is a variety of hybrid grape used in the production of red wines. The fruit are small blue-black berries, which appear in compact, medium-sized clusters. Chelois is among the less hardy hybrids of red-wine grapes. History and origins ...

*Seibel 13053 Cascade (a crossing of Seibel 7042 and Gloire de Seibel) *Seibel 14514 Dattier précoce de Seibel *Seibel 14596 Bellandais

List of some Seibel grapes and their common names

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