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    Osteiner

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Osteiner is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Germany.2

    In 2023 it covered 0.7 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1268 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: New Zealand.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 77%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Riesling × Silvaner, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    Crossed in 1929 by Birk, Heinrich.1

    VIVC records 2 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
    1268 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 88311
    parentRiesling
    parentSilvaner
    Osteiner

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. New Zealand0.7 ha

    Area, 2023

    30.70.72000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Osteiner grows

    1. OriginGermany
    2. AreaNew Zealand

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    Other names

    Geisenheim 9- 97 · Gm 9-97

    Parents

    Other varieties from Germany

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 8831. 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