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Freisamer
Freisamer is a white German wine grape variety grown primarily in the Baden region with some plantings in eastern and western Switzerland. The variety was created in 1916 by Karl Müller at the ''Staatliches Weinbauinstitut'' in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany by crossing Pinot gris and Silvaner.Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Freisamer , accessed on December 27, 2009 The purpose of the crossing was to find an improved variety similar to Pinot gris. The name is a contraction of Freiburg and , the river that runs through Freiburg. Freisamer is primarily used to make [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grape (wine)
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, Zante currant, currant, sultana (grape), sultana). For a complete list of all grape species including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis. The term ''grape variety'' refers to cultivars rather than actual Variety (botany), botanical varieties according to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, because they are propagated by cuttings and may have unstable reproductive properties. However, the term ''variety'' has become so entrenched in viticulture that any change to using the term ''cultivar'' instead is unlikely. Single species grapes While some of the grapes in this list are hybrids, they are hybridized within a single species. For those grapes hybridized across species, known as interspecific hybrids, see the section on #Multispecies hybrid grapes, multispecies hybrid grapes below. ''Vitis vinifera'' (wine) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
