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    Fontanara

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Fontanara is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Germany.2

    In 2023 it covered 1 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1220 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Germany.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 50%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Rieslaner × Müller-Thurgau, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    Crossed in 1951 by Breider, Hans.1

    VIVC records 3 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Germany2
    Area, 2023
    1 ha2
    World rank
    1220 / 14972
    parentRieslaner
    Fontanara

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Germany1 ha

    Area, 2023

    2112000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Fontanara grows

    1. OriginGermany
    2. AreaGermany

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

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 4188. 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