Sylvaner is an old European white, a cross of Savagnin Blanc and a now-obscure Austrian parent, long grown across Germany, Austria, and Alsace for everyday table wines. California's CDFA data track it continuously from 2000 through 2025 across four crush districts, but no bearing acreage has ever been reported in the ledger — only price and tonnage figures, with volumes reaching about 90 tons in a peak year and prices topping out near $2,000 a ton. It survives here as a minor, scattered planting rather than a defined regional specialty. Elsewhere it is grown for its neutral character.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- SILVANER GRUEN
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- AUSTRIA
- Parentage
- SAVAGNIN BLANC×OESTERREICHISCH WEISS
- Synonyms
- 170
- Approved on a US label
- Sylvaner
- FPS selections
- 3
CDFA prints it as Sylvaner
confirmed by DNA markers
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 Sylvaner, 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
- 43
district-years of crush
4 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 43
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
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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