Muscat Bailey A

The red grape variety is an interspecific new breeding between Bailey x Muscat d'Hamburg. It contains genes from Vitis labrusca, Vitis lincecumii and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1927 by the breeder Zenbē Kawakami (1868-1944) at the Iwanohara Winery in Niigata (Honshu) with the aim of creating a variety for the special climatic conditions in Japan. Incidentally, the same parents also produced the not quite so successful variety Muscat Bailey B. The Muscat Bailey variety was a crossing partner in the Brazilian new varieties Carmen and Cora. The medium ripening vine is resistant to both powdery mildew and botrytis. It produces fruity red wines with soft tannins and is also used as table grape. The variety is grown in Brazil, Japan (521 ha) and South Korea (1,300 ha). In 2016, a total of 1,821 hectares of vines were reported (Kym Anderson statistics).

Muscat Bailey A - Weintraube und Blatt

Source: Wine Grapes / J. Robinson, J. Harding, J. Vouillamoz / Penguin Books Ltd. 2012
Images: Ursula Brühl, Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)

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