Viticultural Information
GR 7
Description
GR 7 (Geneva Red 7) is a cross of ‘Buffalo’ x ‘Baco noir.’ It is an early/mid-season red wine grape for use primarily in red wine blends. It is distinguished from other red wine grapes grown in cool climates by its high degree of winter hardiness, adaptation to mechanized production systems, and ability to survive in older plantings where other red wine grapes are lost due to tomato and tobacco ringspot virus infections. ‘GR 7’ is a highly productive, easy to manage cultivar, and is the sixth wine grape to be developed by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University.
People
Bruce Reisch, Cornell University
Links
Cornell-Geneva Grapevine Breeding and Genetics Program New York's Food and Life Sciences Bulletin 'GR 7' Grape 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
Covert, Cheryl. 2008. Cold Climate Grape Varieties from Eastern U.S. Breeding Programs (PDF). Foundation Plant Services Grape Program Newsletter, November 2008:10-12. Reisch, B.I., R.S. Luce, T. Henick-Kling, and R.M. Pool. 2003. 'GR 7' Grape (PDF). Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY. Number 157, 2003. ISSN 0362-0069. 2 pages.
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