Riesel
Riesel is a grape variety with white berries.1
Its country of origin is Switzerland.2
In 2023 it covered 0.2 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1417 of 1497 varieties in the database.2
It is now grown in one country only: Belgium.2
VIVC lists its parents as Riesling × unknown, as given by the breeder or the literature.1
Crossed in 1989 by Blattner, Valentin.1
VIVC records 1 other name for it.1
Area by country
Area, 2023
Where Riesel grows
Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.
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Other names
Vb 11-11-89-12
Parents
Other varieties from Switzerland
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 24526. 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