Orion (grape variety)
| Orion | |
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| Breeding number | If necessary Ga-58-30 |
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | White |
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| breeder | Gerhardt Alleweldt |
| Institute | JKI , Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof |
| Breeding year | 1964 |
| VIVC no. | 8802 |
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The white wine variety Orion is a new breed between Optima and Villard Blanc . The crossing took place in 1964 by Gerhardt Alleweldt at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Vine Breeding in Siebeldingen / Pfalz. The variety received plant variety protection in 1994 and was entered in the variety list in the same year . The name is derived from the constellation Orion .
Orion is similarly frost-resistant as Riesling and sufficiently resistant to powdery mildew ( downy mildew and powdery mildew ). In Germany approx. 4 hectares of vineyards are planted (as of 2007); there are also small stocks in southern England, Switzerland , Denmark and the Netherlands.
The flowery, fresh wine is often similar in type to the Müller-Thurgau . The wines of Orion tend to be somewhat more rapid aging , so a very long storage should be avoided.
See also the articles Viticulture in Germany , Viticulture in Switzerland and Viticulture in the United Kingdom as well as the list of grape varieties .
distribution
Within Germany, the area under vines is distributed as follows:
| Wine region | Vineyards (hectares) |
| Ahr | - |
| to bathe | below 0.5 |
| Francs | below 0.5 |
| Hessian mountain road | - |
| Middle Rhine | below 0.5 |
| Moselle | below 0.5 |
| Near | below 0.5 |
| Palatinate | below 0.5 |
| Rheingau | - |
| Rheinhessen | 3 |
| Saale-Unstrut | - |
| Saxony | below 0.5 |
| Stargarder Land | - |
| Württemberg | - |
| TOTAL Germany 2007 | 4th |
Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in Descriptive Variety List of the Federal Variety Office 2008, page 198ff.
Web links
- Orion in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Variety description Orion of the Julius Kühn Institute , Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof
- Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 13th edition 2003 ISBN 3-921156-53-X