Green Hungarian is an old white grape of Hungarian origin that had a modest run in mid-20th-century California wine but never became a major planting. The atlas's record for it stops early: just two crush vintages, 2000 and 2002, across three districts, with no acreage figure ever recorded, and nothing in the data since. It reads as a grape already on its way out of California vineyards by the time modern CDFA reporting begins, a historical name in the record more than a current commercial one.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- PUTZSCHEERE
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- HUNGARY
- Synonyms
- 40
- Approved on a US label
- Green Hungarian
- FPS selections
- 1
CDFA prints it as Green Hungarian
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
the names TTB permits on a bottle
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Green Hungarian, not what California grows. A zero is a published answer: it means the source names the grape and reports nothing under it, or does not name it at all.
- 0
county-years of acreage
the Grape Acreage Report has never named it in a county table
- 5
district-years of crush
3 of 17 crush districts, 2 crop years
- 5
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 0
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
- —
regions with a maturity date
not one of the eight cultivars with a
Every crush observation
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
| crop year | district | tons | $/ton | share of district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 4.8 | $600 | <0.01% |
| 2000 | 14 | 104.9 | $220 | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 5 | 2.3 | $350 | 0.01% |
| 2001 | 1 | 3.1 | $600 | <0.01% |
| 2001 | 14 | 96.7 | $220 | 0.02% |