Siegerrebe
Siegerrebe
Variety of grape
Siegerrebe (literally "Victory vine" in German) is a white wine grape that is grown primarily in Germany with some plantings in England, Vancouver Island,[1] Washington state,[2] British Columbia's North Okanagan and Fraser Valley[3] and Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley along with a small planting in Tasmania, Australia at Every Man and His Dog Vineyard.[4] 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.[5][6] However, Georg Scheu's son Heinz Scheu has claimed in a book that Siegerrebe was the result of self-pollination of Madeleine Angevine.[6] Siegerrebe received varietal protection and was released for general cultivation in Germany in 1958.[6]
In 2019, there were 71 hectares (180 acres) of Siegerrebe in Germany with a decreasing trend, in similarity with other "new breeds" of white varieties.[7]] In Belgium, it is authorised for all still wine AOCs : Côtes de Sambre et Meuse,[8] Hageland,[9] Haspengouw,[10] et Heuvelland.[11]