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California Wine Atlas

Paseante Noir

Red wine grape · reported 2025

Further reading: VIVC catalog entry

Paseante Noir is a newly bred interspecific grape cross developed in the United States, registered with both VIVC and Foundation Plant Services under its own name. It is the newest variety in California's planting records, appearing only in the 2025 survey with 54 total acres and 12 bearing acres spread across Mendocino, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. No crush data exist yet for it, consistent with vines too young to have produced a reportable harvest. As one of the atlas's freshest entries, its California story so far is entirely about planting, not yet about wine.

What kind of grape this is

Species
VITIS INTERSPECIFIC CROSSING
Berry color
NOIR
Country of origin
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Approved on a US label
Paseante Noir

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 Paseante Noir, 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.

4

county-years of acreage

4 counties, 12 bearing acres in 2025

0

district-years of crush

no district has reported tonnage for it

0

district-years of Brix

Brix is published only where tonnage is

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 acreage observation

Reported by county — never by AVA

crop yearcountybearingnon-bearingof county
2025Mendocino County1000.06%
2025Sacramento County0420.18%
2025Santa Barbara County10<0.01%
2025Ventura County102.63%