Synonym (also Tamîioasa Neagră) for the grape variety Muscat d'Hamburg; see there.
The red grape variety possibly originates from England. There are around 100 synonyms that indicate a wide distribution. The most important, grouped alphabetically by country, are Black Muscat (Australia), Muscat Albertdient's (Belgium), Moscatel de Hamburgo (Brazil), Muskat-Trollinger, Trollinger-Muskat (Germany), Black Muscat, Black Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat Hamburgh, Snow's Muscat Hamburgh, Venn's Seedling, Venn's Seedling Black Muscat (England), Hamburg Musqué, Muscat de Hamburg, Oeillade Musquée (France), Moschato Amvourgou, Moschato Tyrnavou (Greece), Gulabi (India), Malvasia Nera, Moscato d'Amburgo, Moscato Nero, Moscato Nero d'Acqui, Zibibbo Nero (Italy), Muscat Hamburg Crni (Croatia), Moscatel Prato (Portugal), Tămâioasă Hamburg, Tămâioasă Neagră(Romania), Moscatel de Hamburgo (Spain, Uruguay), Hamburgii Muskotály (Hungary), Black Hamburg, Black Muscat, Muscat Hamburg (USA, Cyprus).
It should not be confused with the varieties Aleatico (Moscato Nero) or Moschomavro, despite seemingly suggestive synonyms or morphological similarities. According to the latest DNA analyses carried out in 2015, it is a cross between Schiava Grossa x Muscat d'Alexandrie (which also explains the extremely confusing synonym Black Muscat of Alexandria). The ampelographers Alberto Piròvano...
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