Muller-Thurgau

Muller-Thurgau

Müller-Thurgau is a white grape variety (sp. Vitis vinifera) which was created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882. It is a crossing of Riesling with Madeleine Royale. It is used to make white wine in Germany, Austria, Northern Italy, Hungary, England, Australia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, New Zealand, the United States and Japan. There are around 42,000 hectares (104,000 acres) cultivated worldwide, which makes Müller-Thurgau the most widely planted of the so-called "new breeds" of grape varieties created since the late 19th century. Although plantings have decreased significantly since the 1980s, as of 2006 it was still Germany's second most planted variety at 14,000 hectares and 13.7% of the total vineyard surface. In 2007, the 125th anniversary was celebrated at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute. Müller-Thurgau is also known as Rivaner (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, and especially for dry wines), Riesling x Sylvaner, Riesling-Sylvaner (Switzerland), Johannisberg (Wallis cantonin Switzerland), Rizvanec (Slovenia) and Rizlingszilváni (Hungary)

Synonyms: 

Miler Turgau
Müller
Müller-Thurgaurebe
Müllerka
Müllerovo
Muller-Thurgeau
Mullerka
Riesling-Silvaner
Riesling-Sylvamer
Riesling x Silavaner
Rivaner
Rizanec
Rizlingsilvani
Rizlingszilvani
Rizlingzilvani
Rizvanac
Rizvanac Bijeli
Rizvanec
Rizvaner

UK Area in production 2015: 

45.94 Hectares

UK Area in production 2017: 

43.83 Hectares

Muller-Thurgau Grape Vine

Northernmost Vineyard Growing Muller Thurgau in UK & Eire

Latitude

Lincoln Vineyard

Lincoln LN2 1PU
Phone: 01522 527 468
Lincolnshire
53° 14' 0.132" N

Largest Vineyard Growing Muller Thurgau in UK & Eire

Denbies Wine Estate Ltd

Visitor Centre
London Rd
Dorking RH5 6AA
Phone: 01306 876616
Surrey

Muller Thurgau Where?

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