Life Style / Wine Grapes / Chancellor (Noir): A french-american hybrid (Seibel 7053) with origins in the Rhone Valley of France. Hardy, ripens in early to mid-October but has extreme susceptibility to fungal diseases, particularly downy and powdery mildew, in Michigan, Ohio and currently, 1997, is not widely recommended. Was also grown and very popular in France where it was used to produce high quality red and rose' wines. Now being replaced by varieties stipulated by E.U. rules. Also grown in the cooler regions of Eastern U.S. and Canada.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Ravat 262 (Noir): French-american hybrid grape related to Pinot Noir. Some stock, usually ripening around mid-September, is planted in the Eastern states of the U.S. in order to make a currently light, candy-flavored r MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Prunelard (Noir): Reported to be a very rare variety grown in the Tarn region of France. Thought to have been near extinction it was recovered by Robert Plageoles and referred to locally as the Red Stemmed C??t. It is MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Téoulier (Noir): Rare V.vinifera variety long known in S.E. France. Also found in Argentina, USA and elsewhere. According to the Geilweilerhof database it has several synonym names including Teinturier T?©oulier and MORE