Synonym or cultivar number for the grape variety Phoenix; see there.
The white grape variety (also Geilweilerhof GA-49-22) is a new variety between Bacchus x Seyve-Villard 12-375 (Villard Blanc). The same parents also produced the new varieties Sirius and Staufer. The name comes from the well-known bird from mythology that burnt itself to emerge new and rejuvenated from the ashes. It contains genes from Vitis...
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