Scheu Georg

The German vine grower Justus Georg Scheu (1879-1949) received his horticultural training in Hanover and worked as a horticultural technician in Munich and Schierstein. He then trained at the teaching and research institute in Geisenheim and at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Bromberg. From 1909, he worked as a district advisor for viticulture and fruit growing at the State Institute for Vine Breeding in Alzey in the Rheinhessen growing region.

Georg Scheu - Porträt, Kanzler, Scheurebe

Here he worked intensively on the selection, crossing and breeding of grape varieties and experimented with many wild vines. The Scheurebe named after him is his most famous creation. Other new varieties include AZ 15477, Faberrebe, Huxelrebe, Kanzler, Regner, Septimer, Siegerrebe, Thurling and Würzer. His successor Dr Eduard Zimmermann (1907-1993) carried out the suitability tests and applications for variety protection.

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