Ampelography

The ampelography or Ampelografie (from Greek ampelos = vine, homonymous also the personification of the vine in Greek mythology ), German ampelography or Oenology is the study of the identification and description of vine varieties and their scientific classification. It is a branch of Enology and Pomology.

Criteria

In the ampelography the characteristics of the vine are specified as follows: Name, synonyms, home, distribution, general properties of the vine and the grape. The characteristics of two varieties partially differ only by nuances.

History

The science of ampelography began in earnest in the 19th century to develop, when it was a vine diseases and pests such as phylloxera to fight as effectively as possible. Because of differences that have been observed in connection with drug resistance, there was a need to examine the varieties more precisely and to describe.

The first scientific application was nevertheless not introduced until 1952 by Pierre Galet. He created a system for the classification of vine basis of objective characteristics and thus describing 9600 different varieties.

Recent approaches use genetic fingerprinting to identify varieties and reconstruct their distribution history.