Life Style / Wine Grapes / Welschriesling: (See also Italian Riesling above). Austrian name for the grape of ancient, but unknown, origins. May have Eurasian antecedents. Has no relationship to the german Riesling grape, which is called the Riesling Renano in Italy. Used for producing acidic dry and sweet white wines in Austria that have the label name 'Riesling' which usually refers to this varietal, not the true german Johannisberg Riesling that is known by the name Rheinriesling. Widely grown in many countries of Eastern Europe such as Hungary where it has the synonym name of Olasz Riesling.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Laski Rizling: Local name in Slovenia (former Yugoslavia) for the Welschriesling grape. MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Goldburger: Variety grown in Austria that was derived by the crossing of Orangetraube x Welschriesling V. vinifera. Has synonym names of Klosterneuburg 16-8 an Orangeriesling. Mainly used for white wine productio MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Walsh Riesling: (No information on this cultivar as yet. May be misspelling of Welschriesling below). MORE