Captain
interspecific hybrid
Captain is a grape variety recorded in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), passport no. 2077.1
Its berries are black.1
VIVC gives its country or region of origin as United States.1
VIVC lists its parents as America × R.w. Munson, as given by the breeder or the literature.1
Crossed in 1896 by Munson, T.V.1
It is not in the University of Adelaide area database: no vineyard area is recorded for it in 2000–2023.2
In the atlas it is a parent of 1 variety.1
parentAmerica
parentR.w. Munson
Captain
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 2077. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
- Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3