🍇 Niagara
White wine and table grape from the United States; 6 synonyms in VIVC.
Niagara is a white wine and table grape from the United States. VIVC classes it as an interspecific hybrid rather than a pure Vitis vinifera variety.
According to the breeder, its pedigree is Concord × Cassady; VIVC does not mark it as confirmed by DNA markers. VIVC names C.L. Hoag and B.W. Clark as the breeders; the cross was made in 1868.
Samples of the variety are kept in 17 collections.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 6 synonyms for it, among them Guankouputao, Guizhoushuijing and White Concord, 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
🍇 Niagara → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Offspring
- 🍇 Niabell, 🍇 Eclipse
- Parents
- 🍇 Cassady, 🍇 Concord
Frequently asked questions
Where does Niagara come from?
According to VIVC, from the United States. VIVC names C.L. Hoag and B.W. Clark as the breeders; the cross was made in 1868.
What are the parents of Niagara?
According to the breeder, its pedigree is Concord × Cassady; VIVC does not mark it as confirmed by DNA markers.
Under what other names is Niagara known?
VIVC lists 6 synonyms for it, among them Guankouputao, Guizhoushuijing and White Concord, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
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Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Niagara
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata