Viticultural Information
Valvin Muscat
Description
Species: Vitis vinifera
Country of origin: USA Berry color: White Use(s): Wine Valvin Muscat is a mid-season white wine grape with a distinctive muscat flavor and aroma that is desirable for blending as well as for varietal wines. The complex interspecific hybrid grape resulted from a cross in 1962 between Couderc 299-35 (an interspecific hybrid known as Muscat du Moulin) and Muscat Ottonel. Vines are well suited to good grape-growing sites in the eastern United States, and should only be grown on suitable rootstocks. Some care should be exercised to control disease, and fruit should be picked when the muscat flavor reaches its peak.
People
Bruce Reisch, Cornell University
Links
Foundation Plant Services at UC Davis is the source of Foundation grapevine material for the nursery industry, and the staff can provide information about possible sources for obtaining this stock. The National Grape Registry (NGR) contains information about varieties of wine, juice, and table grapes, raisins, and grape rootstocks available in the United States. Growers, nurseries, winemakers and researchers can find background information and source contacts for those grape varieties in this single convenient location.
Publications
Anonymous. 2006. Cornell Releases Three New Wine Varieties: Noiret, Corot noir and Valvin Muscat (PDF). Foundation Plant Services Grape Program Newsletter, Fall 2006:14-15.
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