Life Style / Wine Grapes / Blanc Du Bois: White-wine producer cultivar with Muscat-like flavor released (1987) for use in Florida where it has had medal winning success for vaguely Riesling-like varietal still wine and sparkling wine blends. Developed by John Mortenson of the Leesburg Research Station, University of Florida, it is the result of a cross between FLA D6-148, a Florida-developed hybrid (thought by some to be a V. aestivalis complex derivative) and the Cardinal table grape. Self-fertile, vigorous and productive, ripens early July in Florida. Reported to be cold-hardy to at least 0 deg. F. (approx. -15 C.), it is resistant to Pierce's Disease but seems especially vulnerable to Anthracnose and Black Rot.
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