Anyone familiar with this grape? I saw it in a local market and had
never come across it before. I didn't buy it, but probably will go
back for it just to quell my curiosity. According to <http://
www.wineloverspage.com/wineguest/wgg.html> it is not related to GV.
And why is it named Roter? The wine is white, but perhaps the grapes
have red skins, or the vines have red stems or foliage?

Andy

"Mike Tommasi" > skrev i melding
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> On 11/04/2010 3:19, AyTee wrote:
>
> This IS a red grape originally from the Valtellina area (Italy bordering
> Switzerland). Vinified as a red wine it gives pale colours (gris?), so in
> fact it is often vinified as white. Jancis calls it a mutation of GV, but
> it isn't related at all.
>
The Wein-plus in Germany states no immediate connection to GV, but possibly
a grandfather.

Synonyms for RV are given as: Ariavina, Bakor, Buzyn, Csucsos Bakor, Erdezha
Shopatna, Feldliner, Feldlinger, Großer Traminer, Großwiener, Krdeca,
Mavcnik, Nagy Veltelini, Nagysagos, Nyulszölö, Piros Veltelini, Rabolina,
Raisin de Saint Valentin, Ranfler, Ranfolica, Ranfolina, Ranfoliza,
Riegersburger Rothköpfel, Rote Fleischtraube, Roter Muskateller, Roter
Tarant, Rotgipfler, Rothlichter, Rotreifler, Ryvola Cervena, Valentin Rouge,
Vernyeges Veltelini und Ziegelroth.

Austria is also listed as the major producer (250 hectares - .5% of total,
most in wine areas Wagram and Weinviertel) with Mantlerhof in Krems as the
best winery, but plots exist in Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland and Italy.

Anders