Valteliner

Synonym (also Valtelina Vert, Valtelin Blanc, Valteliner Blanc, Valteliner Vert, Veltliner Verde) for the grape variety Grüner Veltliner; see there.

The white grape variety originates from Austria. There are around 80 synonyms that testify to the vine's age and widespread distribution in Central Europe. The most important, grouped alphabetically by country, are Veltliner(Germany); Valtelin Blanc, Valteliner, Valteliner Blanc, Valteliner Vert, Veltliner Verde (France);

Grüpner Veltliner - Trauben und Blätter

Cima Bianca (Italy); Veltlinac Zeleni (Croatia); Gruner Veltliner (New Zealand); Dreimänner, Falkensteiner, Feldlinger, Grauer Veltliner, Grüner Manhardsrebe, Grüner, Grüner Muskateller, Grüner Weißgipfler, GrüVe, GV, Manhardsrebe, Manhardtraube, Manhartsrebe, Mauhardsrebe, Mouhardrebe, Veltliner, Weißer, Weißer Raifler, Weißer Reifler, Weißgipfler(Austria); Bielospicak, Veltlínské Zelené(Slovakia); Zeleni Veltlinec (Slovenia); Veltliner (South Tyrol); Tarant Bily, Veltlínské Zelené(Czech Republic); Fehérhegyue, Zoeld Veltelini, Zoeld Velteliny (Hungary).

Ancestry

Genetic characteristics indicate that the lead variety Roter Veltliner is probably an ancestor. DNA analyses carried out by biologist Dr Ferdinand Regner in 1998 identified Traminer as the parent variety. However, the second parent was still unknown until 2000, when a very old vine was discovered in the Burgenland municipality of St. Georgen. The previously unknown variety was named after the place where it was found, St. Georgen, and after DNA analyses carried out by Regner in 2007, it turned out to be the parent variety.

In 2023, it was officially given the main name Mater Veltlinis. The variety Grüner...

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