Valentin Blattner

Valentin Blattner at Château Duvivier

Valentin Blattner (born August 5, 1958 ) is a Swiss grape breeder and winemaker . He has made a name for himself primarily with fungus-resistant varieties (PiWi) , but also against diseases of all kinds. Many grape varieties established today, such as Birstaler Muscat , Cabernet Blanc , Réselle , Pinotin , Satin Noir or Cabernet Jura , can be traced back to his breeding successes. All of these wines are listed in the Vitis International Variety Catalog .

Life and work

As the son of a biology teacher, he studied agricultural economics and made his first experiences with a Swiss pesticide manufacturer in Africa in the early 1980s. He was dismissed there for discovering improper work at his employer. Thereupon he made attempts to start viticulture again in his homeland. In 1991 he was one of the pioneers in this field.

He has been working with PIWI International and the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station for many years . Many of his grape varieties are not yet named and are traded as breeding numbers with his initials "VB", for example VB6-04 , which means the 6th floor in the fourth row.

He also runs a winery together with his wife Silvia in Soyhières in the Jura .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cabernet Jura in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
2. ↑ History of viticulture in the Jura and the surrounding area ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vin du Jura 

Web links

• Blattner's new grape varieties in: Swiss magazine for fruit and viticulture No. 16/2006
• PIWI vines in comparison - an interim report in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Obst- und Weinbau No. 17/2008
• Peter Rüedi: Valentin Blattner, Kuppler , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Folio, October 2002
• De hybride druivenrassen van Valentin Blattner , in: Flemish Viticulture Association (Dutch)