Please click on the variety name in the lists below, where underlined, for detailed information about the variety:- Note: Piwi (Pilzwiderstandsfähige) is a German term to define vine varieties that have been described
previously as hybrids, direct producers, interspecific, disease-resistant or disease-tolerant. Piwi implies a certain resistance or tolerance towards the fungal diseases that are present locally or worldwide. Such diseases infect all pure Vitis vinifera cultivars
(e.g. Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Riesling etc.) where an out-of-control infestation can lead to total crop loss. These vinifera varieties need to be sprayed with approved fungicides
6 to 10 times during the growing season; the fungicides inevitably enter our environment. The most important varieties are listed below. A list with many new crossings from Hungary and Switzerland can be found on:
http://www.piwi-international.org/index. Wine quality has always been a real concern with the new Piwi varieties. 'Red grape' varieties: the highlighted varieties are suitable for cool climates:- 'White grape' varieties: the highlighted varieties are suitable for cool climates:-
Auxerrois And some old French hybrid (direct producer) varieties:- 'Red grape' varieties:
Baco Noir 'White grape' varieties:
Aurore (Seibel 5279)
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- Information on individual vine varieties for wine
Piwi cultivars have originated from cross-breeding (without the aid of gene implants) between European cultivars (Vitis vinifera)
and disease resistant American Vitis species; although some newer crossings are more complex and a few contain Vitis amurensis genes from Russia / Asia.
The cultivars that are still known as hybrids or direct producers were bred between 1880 and 1935 in France.
Annual wine tasting competition results from piwi-international.org
have indicated varieties that have been vinified to produce wines of high quality.
Accent (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Acolon
Artaban (French, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Baron (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Bolero (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Cantor (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Carbon (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Carol (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Cortis (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Cubin
Cabernet Dorio
Cabernet Dorsa
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Jura (Swiss, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Mitos
Cabernet Noir (Swiss, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Sauvignon
Calandro (Gf) (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Dakapo
Divico (Swiss, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Dornfelder
Dunkelfelder
Frühburgunder (known in UK as Pinot Noir Precoce)
Gamay
Lagrein
Laurot (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Merlot
Monarch (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Muskat Bleu (Swiss, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Pinot Meunier
Pinot Noir
Pinotin (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Portugieser
Prior (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Reberger (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Regent (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Rondo (Piwi/disease-resistant)
St. Laurent
Syrah
Vidoc (French, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Bacchus
Bianca (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Bocat (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Breidecker (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Bronner (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cabernet Blanc (Swiss, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Calardis Blanc (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Calardis Musqué (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Chardonnay
Chasselas blanc (Gutedel) or Chasselas rose
Chenin Blanc
Faberrebe
Felicia (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Findling
Floreal (French, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Freisamer
Gewürztraminer
Glera (Prosecco)
Gm 8107-3 (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Helios (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Hibernal (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Huxelrebe
Johanniter (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Kerner
Kernling
Madeleine Angevine 7672
Merzling (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Müller-Thurgau
Muscaris (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Muscat a petit grains
Muscat Ottonel
Orion (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Ortega
Perle von Zala
Phoenix (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Primera (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Prinzipal (Piwi/disease-resistant)
ReCell (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Reichensteiner
Riesling
Saphira (Piwi/disease-resistant) /
Sauvignon Blanc
Scheurebe
Schönburger
Seyval Blanc (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Siegerrebe
Sirius (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Silvaner
Solaris (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Souvignier Gris (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Staufer (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Villaris (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Viognier
Voltis (French, Piwi/disease-resistant)
Würzer
Zalagyöngye (Piwi/disease-resistant)
Cascade (Seibel 13.053)
Chambourcin
Chancellor (Seibel 7053, by Albert Seibel)
Colobel (Seibel 8357, by Albert Seibel)
Couderc Noir (C 7120, by Georges Couderc)
De Chaunac (Seibel 9549)
Garonnet (Seyve-Villard 18.283)
Léon Millot
Maréchal Foch
Oberlin Noir (Oberlin 595)
Plantet (Seibel 5455, by Albert Seibel)
Ravat Noir (Ravat 262)
Rosette (Seibel 1000)
Rougeon (Seibel 5898)
Seinoir (Seibel 8745)
Triomphe d'Alsace
Varousset (Seyve-Villard 23.657)
Villard Noir (Seyve-Villard 18.315, by Bertille Seyve und Victor Villard)
Baco Blanc (Baco 22A by François Baco)
Chelois (Seibel 10.878)
Ravat Blanc (Ravat 6)
Rayon d'or (Seibel 4986, by Albert Seibel)
Soleil blanc
Verdelet (Seibel 9110)
Vidal Blanc
Vignoles (Ravat 51)
Villard Blanc (Seyve-Villard 12.375, by Bertille Seyve und Victor Villard)