Scheurebe

An artificial cross of Riesling with an unknown variety (which is not Sylvaner as is often supposed) created in 1916 at the Alzey Research Centre in Rheinhessen (D), Scheurebe was named after its creator Georg Scheu. This late-ripening variety, which is prone to powdery mildew, is grown in Geneva and German-speaking Switzerland, where it gives dry or sweet wines with naturally high acidity and the aroma of blackberries and blackcurrants.