American Hybrids
American hybrids were developed mostly during the 19th century, mixing the native American grapes with the more flavorful French and Italian grape varieties.
American hybrid - variety bred from American and European vines.
ampelography - science of identifying grape varieties by detailed description of the appearance of the vine, especially its leaves ...
American Hybrids: Grape varieties which did not occur in nature but were produced in America by crossbreeding (usually crosses between one or more native American varieties and one or more European traditional wine varieties).
FRENCH/AMERICAN HYBRID WINE GRAPE VARIETIES
AURORE:
French-american hybrid grape widely grown in New York State (U.S.A).
DUTCHESS: American hybrid grape derived from Delaware, Concord and the long-forgotten Walter grapes in 1868. Used to make fruity, quite sweet white wines with no perceptible "foxy" character. Mainly found in the N.
NORTON
An American hybrid red-wine grape grown primarily in the warmer regions of the southeast United States. Used to produce a light, spicy red. Identical to the Cynthiana grape.
CATAWBA
An American hybrid wine grape grown in the eastern United States wine regions and used to make sparkling wines, rosé and very fruity white wines.
CAVA
The name for Sparkling Wine from Spain.
Because of the damages made by oidium and phylloxera, viticulturists started cultivating French-American hybrids, such as Baco Noir and Isabella, known for their resistance to those feared diseases, ...
Chardonnay has served as parent to several French-American hybrid grapes, as well as crossings with other Vitis vinifera varieties.
The best known white wine produced from the French- American hybrid group of grapes. These are a cross between the hearty eastern American grape family and more sophisticated tasting European varietals.
The Vitis vinifera account for less than ten percent of the wines produced in New York with Catawba, Deleware, Niagra, Elvira, Ives and Isabella from the American hybrids.
Norton
A Norton grape, an American hybrid from southeast U.S., especially Virginia, is used to make good red wines with a spicy coffee flavor.
Nose
Nose refers to - you guessed it - the smell of wine, including the aroma and the bouquet.
In contrast with the much-maligned French-American hybrid grapes of the Eastern U.S. and Canada - which involve hybridization between entirely different grape species - Kerner is a true "cross" between varieties of the classic Vitis vinifera species.
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Hybrids, also called French-American hybrids, are a cross between V. vinifera and V. labrusca. Hybrids can produce excellent wines; they combine the superior wine-making qualities of V. vinifera with the toughness of V. labrusca.
Its popularity is only exceeded by the Kerner or Ehrenfelser varieties. (NB: An almost forgotten early 19th century American hybrid also bears the Bacchus name but is not related in any way to the above variety).
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