Bouvier is a white

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planted primarily in

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, where it is also known as Ranina. In Austria, where it was grown on as of 1999, Bouvier is used primarily for

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—a seasonally produced semi-fermented grape must—and young-bottled wines. In Germany, Bouvier was cultivated on as of 2004. Bouvier ripens very early, is resistant to frost, and gives a rather low yield. Its wines are golden yellow, mild in taste and have a

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History and pedigree

Winery owner Clotar Bouvier (1853–1930) discovered a vine of this variety in his vineyard in Herzogburg, Ober-Radkersburg (in present-day

) in the year 1900. He used this vine as a basis for

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and, after several years of selection, started to sell it, after which it became widely spread across

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has revealed Bouvier to be a crossing (probably a natural one) of a Pinot variety (which could be

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) and another, unidentified variety, possibly Muscat à Petits Grains according to the

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. In 1963 at the Kölyuktetö viticultural research facility in

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, viticulturists László Bereznai and József Csizmazia crossed Bouvier with Eger 2 (a selfling of

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) to produce the

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Synonyms

Bouvier is also known under the synonyms Bela Ranina, Bela Ranka, Boouvierovo Grozno, Bouvier blanc, Bouvier Précoce, Bouvier Trante weisse, Bouvier Traube weisse, Bouvierov Hrozen, Bouvierova Ranina, Bouvierovo Grozno, Bouvierovo Hrozno, Bouvierovo Ranina, Bouvierrebe, Bouviertraube, Bouviertraube weisse, Bouvieruv Hrozen, Bouvijejeva Ranka, Bouvijeorva Ranina, Bouvijerova Ranka, Bovije, Buveleova Ranka, Buvie, Buvierov Hrozen, Buvije, Buvijeova Ranina, Buvijeova Ranka, Buvijeva Ranka, Buvileova Ranka, Chasselas Bouvier, Findling, Kimmig Kp 1, Précoce de Bouvier, Précoce de Bouvier bianco, Précoce de Bouvier blanc, Précoce di Bouvier bianco, Radgonska Ranina, Radgonska Ranina bijela, Ragdonska Ranina bela, Ranina, Ranina bela, Ranka, and Sasla Buvije.

References

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