Ehrenbreitsteiner is a white wine

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...

 grape

Grape

A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...

 variety of German

German wine

German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Roman era. Approximately 60 percent of the German wine production is situated in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 of the 13 regions ...

 origin. It was created by Helmut Becker

Helmut Becker

Helmut Becker , German viticulturist, was chief of the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute. He viewed viticulture from a global perspective and promoted the globalization of a quality wine industry. Dr...

 at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

The Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute was founded in 1872 and is located in Geisenheim, Rheingau, Germany. In 1876 professor Hermann Müller from Switzerland joined the institution, where he developed his namesake variety Müller-Thurgau , which became the most planted grape variety in Germany in...

 in 1964, by crossing the varieties Ehrenfelser

Ehrenfelser

Ehrenfelser is a white wine grape variety of German origin. It was created by Dr. Heinrich Birk at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 1929, by crossing the varieties Riesling and Silvaner, with the identification of Silvaner being somewhat uncertain.Ehrenfelser is grown primarily in the...

 and Reichensteiner

Reichensteiner

Reichensteiner is a white wine grape that is mainly grown in Germany) and England), although New Zealand also grows a small quantity. It is a cross between Müller-Thurgau and Madeleine Angevine x Calabreser Froehlich, and was first bred in Germany during 1939.In England, it is the 2nd most grown...

. It was granted plant variety rights in 1993 and was certified in 1994.

Ehrenbreitsteiner was created in a programme where Becker was searching for new grape varieties more resistant to phylloxera

Phylloxera

Grape phylloxera ; originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Phylloxera vitifoliae; commonly just called phylloxera is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America...

 attacks and fungal diseases.

Since one of the parents, Ehrenfelser, was named after a fortress on the Rhine, Burg Ehrenfels

Burg Ehrenfels (Hessen)

Ehrenfels Castle is a ruined castle above the Rhine Gorge near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the steep eastern bank of the river amid extended vineyards...

, Ehrenbreitsteiner was named after another one with a similar name, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, which also combines the names of the two parents Ehrenfelser and Reichestiner. The fortress itself has no connection to viticulture.

Ehrenbreitsteiner gives high crops due to a reliable fruit set, and is adaptable to many different soil types. Wines from Ehrenbreitsteiner are aromatic and high in acidity, and somewhat similar to those of Riesling

Riesling

Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region of Germany. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling white wines. Riesling wines are usually varietally...

.

Small amounts of Ehrenbreitsteiner are cultivated in Germany

Germany

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, Canada

Canada

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, Austria

Austria

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, Hungary

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 and Italy

Italy

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, but the variety is not of major importance in any wine region.

Synonyms

The only synonym for Ehrenbreitsteiner is its breeding code Geisenheim 6414-36 or Gm 6414-36.