🍇 Isabella
Dark-skinned wine and table grape from the United States; parents Vitis labrusca × Meslier Petit; 134 synonyms in VIVC.
Isabella is a dark-skinned wine and table grape from the United States. VIVC classes it as an interspecific hybrid rather than a pure Vitis vinifera variety.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Vitis labrusca and Meslier Petit. The breeder had given the pedigree as Vitis labrusca × Vitis vinifera. VIVC names W.R. Prince as the breeder.
According to VIVC, it covered 10,802 ha in Moldova (2009), 10,691 ha in Brazil (2007) and 4,500 ha in India (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 46 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 134 synonyms for it, among them Alexander, Americana and Americano, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Isabella → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Where it grows
- 📍 Izmail, 📍 Abkhazia
- Offspring
- 🍇 Eumelan, 🍇 Ferdinand de Lesseps, 🍇 Lydia, 🍇 Hartford, 🍇 Iona
- Parents
- 🍇 Vitis labrusca, 🍇 Petit Meslier
Frequently asked questions
Where does Isabella come from?
According to VIVC, from the United States. VIVC names W.R. Prince as the breeder.
What are the parents of Isabella?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Vitis labrusca and Meslier Petit. The breeder had given the pedigree as Vitis labrusca × Vitis vinifera.
Under what other names is Isabella known?
VIVC lists 134 synonyms for it, among them Alexander, Americana and Americano, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 📍 Izmail — A Danube district with vineyards on the slopes by the river.
- 🍇 Lydia — An American grape with a "foxy" taste, related to Isabella; popular in Moldova and Ukraine.
- 📍 Abkhazia — A historical wine region of Georgia on the Black Sea coast.
- 🍇 Hartford — An old American grape with a "foxy" taste, a descendant of Isabella.
- 🍇 Petit Meslier — A rare white grape of Champagne; permitted in Champagne but hardly ever found.
Similar
🍇 Centennial · 🍇 Alpha · 🍇 Geneva · 🍇 Early Victor · 🍇 Janesville · 🍇 Amlakhu
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Isabella
- VIVC: area statistics ISABELLA
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata