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    Colombard

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Colombard is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 30,083 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 30 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in France: 12,611 ha (42% of the world total), across 9 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 22%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Heunisch Weiss × Chenin, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 28 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    France2
    Area, 2023
    30,083 ha2
    World rank
    30 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 27711
    parentHeunisch Weiss
    parentChenin
    Colombard

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. France12,611 ha
    2. South Africa9,144 ha
    3. the United States6,500 ha
    4. Australia1,386 ha
    5. Israel286 ha
    6. Spain108 ha
    7. Brazil34 ha
    8. Thailand15 ha
    9. Serbia0.2 ha

    Area, 2023

    38,40332,94429,96530,0832000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Colombard grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance
    3. AreaSouth Africa
    4. Areathe United States
    5. AreaAustralia
    6. AreaIsrael
    7. AreaSpain
    8. AreaBrazil
    9. AreaThailand
    10. AreaSerbia

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Other names

    Colombar · Colombar(D) · Colombard B · French Colombard · Bardero · Blanc Emery · Blanquette · Bon Blanc · Chabrier Vert · Charbrier Vert · Colombard Bijeli · Colombeau · Colombie · Colombier · Coulombier

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

    Other varieties from France

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2771. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    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