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    Isabella

    interspecific hybrid

    Isabella is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is United States.2

    In 2023 it covered 23,096 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 37 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Brazil: 17,496 ha (76% of the world total), across 9 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 16%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Vitis Labrusca Linne × Petit Meslier, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 134 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    the United States2
    Area, 2023
    23,096 ha2
    World rank
    37 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 55601
    parentVitis Labrusca Linne
    parentPetit Meslier
    Isabella

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Brazil17,496 ha
    2. Moldova3,468 ha
    3. Russia1,264 ha
    4. Ukraine720 ha
    5. Argentina56 ha
    6. Uruguay49 ha
    7. Georgia31 ha
    8. the United States7.3 ha
    9. Switzerland4.9 ha

    Area, 2023

    27,45032,49417,79823,0962000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Isabella grows

    1. Originthe United States
    2. AreaBrazil
    3. AreaMoldova
    4. AreaRussia
    5. AreaUkraine
    6. AreaArgentina
    7. AreaUruguay
    8. AreaGeorgia
    9. Areathe United States
    10. AreaSwitzerland

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

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    Other names

    Frutilla · Isabel · Isabel Precoce · Isabella (Adessa) · Isabella(Frutilla) · Lidia · Alexander · Americana · Americano · Amerika · Amerikanica · Amerikanka · Amerikanska Loza · Ananas · Ananas D'america · Ananasz · Ananaszoeloe · Arkansastraube

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

    Other varieties from United States

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 5560. 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