Synonym or cultivar number (also WE S 5332) for the grape variety Helfensteiner; see there.
The red grape variety (also known as Blauer Weinsberger, Helfensteyner) is a new variety between Pinot PrécoceNoir x Schiava Grossa, which was confirmed by DNA analyses published in 2012. The cross was made in 1931 by August Herold (1902-1973) at the Weinsberg State Teaching and Research Institute in...
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