Müller-Thurgau
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Müller-Thurgau is a variety of white grape (sp. Vitis vinifera) created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss canton of Thurgau in 1882, and is used to make white wine in Germany, Northern Italy and England.
Müller-Thurgau , white wine cross of the Riesling and Sylvaner grapes created by Dr. Hermann Müller in the 1800's.
Müller-Thurgau is a variety of white grape (sp. Vitis vinifera) which was created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882.
Müller-Thurgau - (MEW-lehr Toor-gow)
Relatively modern grape, perhaps a Riesling-Sylvaner cross, widely planted in Germany although it tends to make a simpler, lighter wine than Riesling. Also a mainstay of England's small vineyard industry.
MÜLLER-THURGAU: Early ripening cross once thought to have been developed from Sylvaner and Riesling but some authorities now contend, based on DNA analysis, that it is a Chasselas, not Sylvaner, cross with Riesling.
Also a white grape variety, the product of a cross between a Silvaner-Riesling hybrid and Müller-Thurgau. backwardWines described as backward are undeveloped and not ready to drink.
White grapes mainly cultivated in Germany are Müller-Thurgau, Riesling and Silvaner.
Germany's great vinous asset accounts for only one-fifth of the vineyard area, with Müller-Thurgau a close second.
This is largely due to Germany's main export consists of huge volumes of sugar-water Leibfraumilch, made from the high cropping but dull Müller-Thurgau grape variety -- real Alan Partridge stuff.
Origin: (Roter Traminer x Müller-Thurgau). It was created in the 1950s. Its portion in the entire vineyard area in the Czech Republic amounts to 0,7 %.
Wine: Harmonious and rich wine, its aromas evokes those of Roter Traminer.
About 90 percent of German wines are white. Riesling, Sylvaner, Müller-Thurgau, and Gewürztraminer grapes create the soft, fragrant, low-alcohol wines for which the country is famous.
Regions outside Europe ...
Hybrid: The genetic crossing of two or more grape types; common hybrids include Müller-Thurgau and Bacchus.
Ice Wine: From the German eiswein, this is a wine made from frozen grapes; Germany, Austria and Canada are leading ice wine producers.
Bacchus
The Roman god of wine. The Bacchus white grape variety comes from a crossing between a Silvaner-Riesling and Müller-Thurgau.
Bacchus
The Greek god of wine. Also the name of a grape variety grown in Germany that is a crossing of silvaner, riesling and müller-thurgau.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Riesling, Region, White
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