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    Italica

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Italica is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Italy.2

    The latest figure in the database is for 2016: 47 hectares; no area is listed for 2023.2

    It was grown in one country only: Italy.2

    Between 2000 and 2016 its area shrank by 73%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Verdiso × Graševina, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    Crossed in 1950 by Cosmo, Italo.1

    VIVC records 4 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Italy2
    Area, latest data: 2016
    47 ha2
    VIVC
    № 55841
    parentVerdiso
    parentGraševina
    Italica

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Italy47 ha

    Area, 2016

    178367472000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Italica grows

    1. OriginItaly
    2. AreaItaly

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    Other names

    (v X Ri) 103 · Incrocio Cosmo 103 · Verdiso B. X Riesling Italico B. 103 · Verdiso X Riesling Italico 103

    Parents

    Other varieties from Italy

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 5584. 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