Faber
[Faberrebe]
German origin cross produces padding for bulk white wines - high in acid and sugar, but low in flavour.
FABER (aka Faberrebe):
Derived from the crossing of the Weissburgunder and Muller-Thurgau with the aim of achieving frost resistance. High acid grape used for blending in the Rheinhessen region of Germany.
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White grape variety. German cross between Weissburgunder and Müller-Thurgau.
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Writing in Burgundy (Faber & Faber, revised second edition 1999), Anthony Hanson says of oak-derived aroma in Chablis "It makes them often very delicious indeed, or turns them into caricatures, depending on one's point of view".
Other white berried grapes include Bacchus (crossing between Silvaner and Riesling), Ehrenfelser (crossing between Riesling and Silvaner), Elbling, Faber (crossing between Pinot Blanc and Müller-Thurgau), Gewürztraminer, ...
Andrew Dalby. Food in the ancient world from A to Z. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415232597
Andrew Dalby. Siren Feasts. Routledge, 1996. ISBN=0415116201 (Paperback ISBN 0415156572)
Miles Lambert-Gócs. The Wines of Greece. Faber, 1990. ISBN 0571153887 ...
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