Clotar Bouvier
Clotar Bouvier (born April 12, 1853 in Weiz , Styria , † September 26, 1930 in Oberradkersburg , Slovenia) was an Austrian grapevine grower to whom the Bouvier grape variety goes back.
Bouvier worked full-time in the banking business. However, he saw his passion in viticulture . At the family winery in Herzogenberg , he carried out experiments aimed at combating phylloxera and powdery mildew . He preferred the rootstock " Rupestris 9 " cultivated by Hermann Goethe . On behalf of the former Kleinoscheg sparkling wine cellar in Graz-Östing, he selected the Bouvier grape variety that was later named after him.
He spread the Bouvier grape variety in Styria (→ Viticulture in Austria ), Slovenia and Slovakia . In 1882 Bouvier founded a sparkling wine cellar in Oberradkersburg , which still exists today. The property in Slovenia was expropriated in 1945, and his son Fritz continued to run the Styrian part of the property after the Second World War .
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| SURNAME | Bouvier, Clotar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian grape grower, to whom the Bouvier grape variety goes back |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weiz , Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1930 |
| Place of death | Oberradkersburg |