Shine Muscat
interspecific hybrid
Shine Muscat is a grape variety with white berries.1
Its country of origin is Japan.2
In 2023 it covered 89 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 582 of 1497 varieties in the database.2
It is now grown in one country only: Japan.2
VIVC lists its parents as Akitsu 21 × Hakunan, as given by the breeder or the literature.1
Crossed in 1988 by National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Akitsu (NIFTS).1
VIVC records 2 other names for it.1
Area by country
Area, 2023
Where Shine Muscat grows
Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.
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Other names
Akitsu 23 · Sunshine Rose
Parents
Other varieties from Japan
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 22688. 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