St. Pepin (grape)

St. Pepin is a white grape variety. It is a new breed between ES 114 x Seyval Blanc. The crossing was made in 1971 by Elmer Swenson on his own farm near Osceola, Wisconsin. By the same intersection at the same time came the grape La Crosse. The white wines are a bit more fruity than the sister resorts. The grape of the variety is also popular.

Plantings are in the U.S. states of Iowa (viticulture in Iowa), Connecticut (viticulture in Connecticut ), Minnesota (viticulture in Minnesota), Wisconsin (viticulture in Wisconsin ), Illinois (viticulture in Illinois), Montana (viticulture in Montana ) and West Virginia (viticulture in West Virginia ) are known. In the State of New York ( Viticulture in New York), there are wineries that use the vine within the appellation Hudson River Region AVA.

Elmer Swenson was looking for earlier maturing and hardy varieties that are suitable for the northern United States. St. Pepin is to -25 degrees Fahrenheit ( - 31.6 degrees Celsius ) hardy. In some sources of temperatures is talk to -36 degrees Fahrenheit. This corresponds to -37 ° C.

Normally precious vines have hermaphrodite flowers and are thus self-pollinator. Wild vines and most American vines are dioecious. You have plants with male or female flowers. For fertilization, therefore, it always requires a male and a female plant. The same is true for the variety of St. Pepin.

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

Synonym: Elmer 282 Race: ES 114 (Minnesota 78 x Rosette) x Seyval Blanc.