Grape varieties

A catalogue of resistant grape varieties from Europe, America and Asia. Each variety is documented with its origin, characteristics and growing data.
Artaban: France's Most Planted PIWI Red and the Summer That Broke It Artaban Bred by INRAE and the Julius Kühn Institut, Artaban was France's bid to catch up with the German and Swiss PIWI programmes it had spent decades watching from a distance.
Isaura: A South Tyrolean Ghost with a Hungarian Soul Isaura Isaura is a white PIWI variety — PIWI being the German acronym for fungus-resistant grape varieties, Pilzwiderstandsfähig — bred from Eger 2 (Villard Blanc) × Muscat
Aranka: A Ghost in the Vineyard Aranka Aranka is a white grape variety registered in Hungary under VIVC number 550, carrying synonyms including Aranyka, Goldtraube and Kleščec.
Andrevit: A Romanian Table Grape the World Declined to Notice Andrevit A white grape crossed in Romania in 1974 from a disease-resistant French hybrid and a Hungarian muscat variety.
Allegro: Geisenheim's Chancellor Bet, One Year After Accent Allegro Geisenheim crossed Chancellor with Rondo in 1983 and got Allegro — a frost-hardy PIWI red with good mildew resistance and stable yields.
Aletta: Hungary’s Frost-Hardy Muscat and the Variety Nobody Talks About Aletta Aletta is Hungary’s quiet giant — a white PIWI variety with muscat character, frost hardiness rated to around –22°C, and over 1,600 hectares planted in the lowland. Growers love it.
Admira: Cluj's Interspecific Hybrid That Never Chose Between the Table and the Barrel Admira Born at a Romanian fruit research station, Admira crosses the French-American hybrid Villard Noir with the Vitis vinifera table grape Csaba Gyöngye. Officially registered in Romania.
Accent: A Geisenheim Teinturier in Search of a Reason Accent Crossed in 1982 at Geisenheim and registered in 2010, Accent has spent nearly three decades in commercial obscurity as a colour-bleeding teinturier inside other people's blends.