Life Style / Wine Grapes / Saperavi (Charni): Red wine, acidic, teinturier-type grape variety capable of high sugar content widely grown in the winemaking regions of eastern Europe. Ripens late in the season with best results coming from a warm, extended autumn. Has low/moderate winter hardiness (needing 'hilling-up) and easily attacked by the Phylloxera louse. Vigor is moderate, high in moist earth regions. In cool climates is mostly used as a blending wine. Small acreages are found in the Finger Lakes region of New York state in the U.S.A where at least one winery creates a blend with Sereksia (Noire) wine and called 'Black Russian'. Also at least one winery in N.E Victoria, Australia, produces wine from this variety. Several of the most promising crossings with classic grape or cold-climate resistant rootstock varieties, eg. Saperavi Severnyi, have been made available by eastern European research institutes since 1947.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Saperavi (Charni): Red wine, acidic, teinturier-type grape variety capable of high sugar content widely grown in the winemaking regions of eastern Europe. Ripens late in the season with best results coming from a warm, MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Saperavi Severnyi: Cold hardy hybrid variety developed in Russia from V. Amurensis and (possibly) Pr?©cose de Malingre. Limited acreages currently grown in Nova Scotia, Canada and also British Columbia, Canada, where i MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Dzvelshava: V.vinifera variety grown in Georgia (CIS). Usually found as one of the varieties (that also include Saperavi (Charni), Izabella, Tsolikouri and other grapewines) that are used to make a sweet red dess MORE