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California Wine Atlas

Kerner

White wine grape · reported 2004–2014

Further reading: VIVC catalog entry

Kerner is a German variety, VIVC-recorded as a cross of Schiava Grossa and Riesling Weiss, bred for reliable ripening in cool climates. California's record for it is brief: it appears only in district crush data from 2004 to 2014 in a single crush district, with no county acreage ever reported to CDFA. It has effectively disappeared from California's current vineyard record.

What kind of grape this is

Species
VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
Berry color
BLANC
Country of origin
GERMANY
Parentage
SCHIAVA GROSSA×RIESLING WEISS

confirmed by DNA markers

Synonyms
8

names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC

Approved on a US label
Kerner

the names TTB permits on a bottle

FPS selections
1

distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis

What is published

Counts describe what this atlas holds for Kerner, 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

11

district-years of crush

1 of 17 crush districts, 11 crop years

11

district-years of Brix

tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3

1

producer 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

Tonnage and price by district

Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA

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Brix at the crusher

Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA

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Growers in this atlas's roster

1 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 1 of them with a named wine in the atlas made from it. A roster is not a census — this is who the atlas has entered, not who grows the grape in California.