Siegerrebe

Siegerrebe

Siegerrebe (literally "Victory vine" in German) is a white wine grape that is grown primarily in Germany with some plantings in England,Vancouver Island, Washington State, British Columbia's North Okanagan and Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.Siegerrebe was created by German viticulturalist Dr. Georg Scheu (1879-1949) in 1929 at a grape-breeding institute in Alzey in Rheinhessen, by crossing Madeleine Angevine and Gewürztraminer. However, Georg Scheu's son Heinz Scheu has claimed in a book that Siegerrebe was the result of self-pollination of Madeleine Angevine. Siegerrebe received varietal protection and was released for general cultivation in Germany in 1958.

Synonyms: 

Alzey 7957
AZ 7957
Scheu 7957
Sieger

UK Area in production 2015: 

19.6485 Hectares

Siegerrebe Grape Vine

Northernmost Vineyard Growing Siegerrebe in UK & Eire

Latitude

Fulbeck Gardens Vineyard

Grantham NG32 3HH
Phone: 01400 273989
Lincolnshire
53° 2' 43.6164" N

Largest Vineyard Growing Siegerrebe in UK & Eire

Three Choirs Vineyard - Newent Vineyard

Newent GL18 1LS
Phone: 01531 890 223
Gloucestershire

Siegerrebe Where?

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