This red grape variety (also known as Bei Chun) is an interspecific new variety between Muscat d'Hamburg x Vitis Amurensis ruprecht. It contains genes from Vitis amurensis and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1954 at the Northern Chinese Viticultural Institute near Beijing with the participation of German experts. Other varieties with the same parents were Beimei, Beihong and Beiquan. The late-maturing, high-yielding vine is susceptible to both powdery mildews, but resistant to drought and frost. It produces ruby red, fresh red wines with soft tannins. The variety is mainly used for sweet dessert wines and distillation, and is also used as table grape. The variety is widely cultivated in China around Beijing in the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Lianoning and Shandong in the east of the country. No stocks were reported in 2016; in 2010 there were 7,000 hectares (Kym Anderson statistics).
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