🍇 Moschofilero
Pink-skinned wine grape from Greece; 12 synonyms in VIVC.
Moschofilero is a pink-skinned wine grape from Greece.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 486 ha in Greece (2008). Samples of the variety are kept in 8 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 12 synonyms for it, among them Fileri, Mantinia and Mavrofilero, 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
🍇 Moschofilero → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Greek wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Peloponnese, 📍 Mantinia
- Main grape in
- 📍 Peloponnese, 📍 Mantinia
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Rosé
- Related to
- 🍷 Sparkling wine
Frequently asked questions
Where does Moschofilero come from?
According to VIVC, from Greece.
What are the parents of Moschofilero?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Moschofilero known?
VIVC lists 12 synonyms for it, among them Fileri, Mantinia and Mavrofilero, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Greek wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 Peloponnese — The mountainous south of the Balkan Peninsula; PGI “Peloponnese” and the appellations Nemea, Mantinia, Patras and Monemvasia-Malvasia.
- 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
- 🍷 Sparkling wine — Four EU categories with at least 3 bar of carbon dioxide; traditional, tank and ancestral methods; Champagne, Cava, Prosecco.
Similar
🍇 Agiorgitiko · 🍇 Lagorthi · 🍇 Moschomavro · 🍇 Black Corinth · 🍇 Rochester · 🍇 Batiki
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Moschofilero
- VIVC: area statistics MOSCHOFILERO
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata