🍇 Scheurebe
White wine grape from Germany; parents Riesling Weiss × Bukettrebe; 9 synonyms in VIVC.
Scheurebe is a white wine grape from Germany.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Riesling Weiss and Bukettrebe. The breeder had given the pedigree as Silvaner × Riesling. VIVC names Georg Scheu as the breeder; the cross was made in 1916.
According to VIVC, it covered 1,960 ha in Germany (2004) and 511 ha in Austria (2007). Samples of the variety are kept in 33 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 9 synonyms for it, among them Scheu Riesling, 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
🍇 Scheurebe → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ German wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Rheinhessen, 📍 Palatinate, 📍 Burgenland
- Related to
- 🍷 Hofkeller Abtswinder Altenberg Scheurebe Kabinett, 🍷 Hofkeller Scheurebe trocken
- Parents
- 🍇 Riesling, 🍇 Bukettraube
Frequently asked questions
Where does Scheurebe come from?
According to VIVC, from Germany. VIVC names Georg Scheu as the breeder; the cross was made in 1916.
What are the parents of Scheurebe?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Riesling Weiss and Bukettrebe. The breeder had given the pedigree as Silvaner × Riesling.
Under what other names is Scheurebe known?
VIVC lists 9 synonyms for it, among them Scheu Riesling, 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.
- 🍷 Hofkeller Abtswinder Altenberg Scheurebe Kabinett — Hofkeller Abtswinder Altenberg Scheurebe Kabinett: white wine by Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg from Franconia; Franken, VDP.Erste Lage.
- 📍 Palatinate — Germany's second-largest wine region, between the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine; an 85 km German Wine Route, Riesling at 24.9 %.
- 🍇 Bukettraube — An aromatic white grape from Germany, now grown mostly in South Africa.
- 🍷 Hofkeller Scheurebe trocken — Hofkeller Scheurebe trocken: white wine by Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg from Franconia; Franken, VDP.Gutswein.
Similar
🍇 Morio-Muskat · 🍇 Kerner · 🍇 Ehrenfelser · 🍇 Hölder · 🍇 Aris · 🍇 Osteiner
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Scheurebe
- VIVC: area statistics SCHEUREBE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata