🍇 Kerner
White wine grape from Germany; parents Schiava Grossa × Riesling Weiss; 8 synonyms in VIVC.
Kerner is a white wine grape from Germany.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Schiava Grossa and Riesling Weiss. The breeder had given the pedigree as Trollinger × Riesling. VIVC names August Herold as the breeder; the cross was made in 1929.
According to VIVC, it covered 4,607 ha in Germany (2004), 357 ha in Japan (2009) and 54 ha in South Africa (1992). Samples of the variety are kept in 32 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 8 synonyms for it, among them Herold Weiss, 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
🍇 Kerner → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ German wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Rheinhessen, 📍 Palatinate, 📍 South Tyrol
- Offspring
- 🍇 Juwel, 🍇 Silcher, 🍇 Kernling
- Parents
- 🍇 Trollinger, 🍇 Riesling
Frequently asked questions
Where does Kerner come from?
According to VIVC, from Germany. VIVC names August Herold as the breeder; the cross was made in 1929.
What are the parents of Kerner?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Schiava Grossa and Riesling Weiss. The breeder had given the pedigree as Trollinger × Riesling.
Under what other names is Kerner known?
VIVC lists 8 synonyms for it, among them Herold Weiss, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ German wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📍 Palatinate — Germany's second-largest wine region, between the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine; an 85 km German Wine Route, Riesling at 24.9 %.
- 🍇 Juwel — A white wine grape bred in Weinsberg, Germany.
- 📍 South Tyrol — The Alpine north of Trentino-Alto Adige, with the bilingual DOC Alto Adige / Südtirol.
- 📍 Rheinhessen — Germany's largest wine region, in the Rhine bend between Mainz, Worms and Bingen; 27,671 ha, Riesling at 19.7 %.
Similar
🍇 Rotberger · 🍇 Witberger · 🍇 Scheurebe · 🍇 Morio-Muskat · 🍇 Ehrenfelser · 🍇 Hölder
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Kerner
- VIVC: area statistics KERNER
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata