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California Wine Atlas

Muscat Hamburg

Red wine grape · reported 2000–2025

Further reading: VIVC catalog entry

Muscat Hamburg is a British-bred cross of Schiava Grossa and Muscat of Alexandria, historically grown as a table grape known as Black Muscat for its dark skin and intense floral aroma. California's numbers show a rise and fall: bearing acreage grew from 71 acres in 2000 to a peak of 299 acres five years before the present, then fell back to 169 acres in the latest report, spread across 15 counties. Where it reaches a winery rather than the table, it makes a deeply perfumed, often sweet red or dessert wine.

What kind of grape this is

Species
VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
Berry color
NOIR
Country of origin
UNITED KINGDOM
Parentage
SCHIAVA GROSSA×MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA

confirmed by DNA markers

Synonyms
111

names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC

Approved on a US label
Muscat Hamburg (Black Muscat)

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 Muscat Hamburg, 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.

242

county-years of acreage

15 counties, 169 bearing acres in 2025

206

district-years of crush

12 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years

206

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

Acreage in California

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Counties and concentration

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Where it is planted

Reported by county — never by AVA

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Share of each county's vineyard

Reported by county — never by AVA

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The counties

Reported by county — never by AVA

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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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