The red grape variety originates from Germany. It was discovered in 1928 by Hermann Schneider in a vineyard in Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg) and selected at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Weinsberg (Württemberg). However, it is not an independent grape variety, but a clonal mutant of Pinot Meunier. In the process, it has lost the...
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