Delaware (grape)

Delaware is a light red grape variety. It is according to Pierre -Marie Alexis Millardet probably a cross between the Vitis labrusca wild vines, Vitis aestivalis and Vitis vinifera. Vineyards are in the United States still known today (→ Viticulture in New York with the appellations Cayuga Lake AVA, Finger Lakes AVA and Seneca Lake AVA, viticulture in Ohio with the growing area Lake Erie AVA, viticulture in Pennsylvania, viticulture in Minnesota, Winemaking in Ohio, viticulture and winemaking in Missouri in Delaware).

In Austria the variety Delaware is approved part of the Uhudler.

The species was first written records in 1849 by Abraham Thompson, editor of the Delaware Gazette in Delaware, Ohio.

See also the article viticulture and winemaking in Austria in the United States and the list of grape varieties.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. It is woolly hairy, greenish with light ruby approach. The yellow-green young leaves are slightly hairy and greenish - red color.
• The large dark green leaves are five-lobed and sinuate little deep. The petiole is U-shaped open. The blade is sharp cut and set relatively wide.
• The cylindrical to conical grape is usually shouldered, medium sized and quite dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are medium in size and bright red color.

The grape ripens almost simultaneously with the Chasselas and thus is considered very early maturing. It is therefore suitable for a cold climate viticulture, since the crop can still be obtained prior to the time also ripening Concord.

Synonyms

The grape Delaware is under the name Delavar, Delavar Rozovii, Delavar serii, Delavare, Delawar, Delaware piros Feher Delaware, French Grape, Gray Delaware, Heath, Italian wine grape, Ladies Choice, Piros Delaware, Powell, Rose Colored Delaware, Ruff, Ruff heath, Wine grape.