The white grape variety (also Ciotat Rose) with reddish berry colour is an interspecific new variety between Bailey x Chasselas Cioutat. It contains genes from Vitis lincecumii, Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed by the breeder Zenbai Kawakami (1868-1944) at the Iwanohara Winery in Niigata on the Japanese main island of Honshu. The variety is mainly used as table grape. It is grown in small quantities in the Niigata area. In 2016, two hectares of vineyards were designated there (Kym Anderson statistics).
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