The red grape variety is an interspecific new variety between Millardet et Grasset 101 O.P. x Goldriesling (1). Synonyms and breeding numbers are 149-31, Kuhlmann 149-3 and Lucy Kuhlmann. It contains genes from Vitis riparia, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1911 at the Oberlin Institute in Colmar/Alsace by the French grower Eugène Kuhlmann (1858-1932), who named it after his wife.

Eugène Kuhlmann also created the new varieties Etoile I, Etoile II, Léon Millot, Maréchal Foch, Maréchal Joffre and Pinard with the same parent varieties.
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