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    Seyval Blanc

    interspecific hybrid

    Seyval Blanc is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 2,655 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 157 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Canada: 2,259 ha (85% of the world total), across 10 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 583%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Seibel 5656 × Rayon d'Or, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 11 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    France2
    Area, 2023
    2,655 ha2
    World rank
    157 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 115581
    parentSeibel 5656
    parentRayon d'Or
    Seyval Blanc

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Canada2,259 ha
    2. France106 ha
    3. the United States91 ha
    4. the United Kingdom67 ha
    5. Brazil62 ha
    6. Poland56 ha
    7. Switzerland11 ha
    8. Lithuania3.6 ha
    9. Belgium0.3 ha
    10. the Netherlands0.1 ha

    Area, 2023

    3895682,6992,6552000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Seyval Blanc grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaCanada
    3. AreaFrance
    4. Areathe United States
    5. Areathe United Kingdom
    6. AreaBrazil
    7. AreaPoland
    8. AreaSwitzerland
    9. AreaLithuania
    10. AreaBelgium
    11. Areathe Netherlands

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

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    Other names

    Seyval · Seyval (Blanc) · Seyval Blanc and Vidal 256 · Seyve Villard · Seyve Villard 5276 · 5276 Seyve Villard · Fresco · SEIBEL5656 X SEIBEL4986 · Seival · Seyve Villard 6- 276 · Seyve Villard 5-276 · Seyve Villard 5.276 · Sv 5276 · Sv 5-276

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 11558. 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