Melody
interspecific hybrid
Melody is a grape variety with white berries.1
Its country of origin is United States.2
In 2023 it covered 5.1 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 994 of 1497 varieties in the database.2
It is now grown in one country only: the United States.2
VIVC lists its parents as Seyval Blanc × Geneva White 5, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1
Crossed in 1965 by Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science.1
VIVC records 2 other names for it.1
Area by country
Area, 2023
Where Melody grows
Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.
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Other names
New York 65.0444.04 · Ny 65.444.4
Parents
Other varieties from United States
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 7614. 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