Valentin Blattner is a Swiss grape geneticist, grape breeder and winemaker of the Jura Mountains. Blattner has conducted very important research into finding disease-resistant grapes in viniculture since the 1980s, and is best known for developing Cabernet blanc in his Soyhières nursery in 1991. He crossed varieties of vinifera with other subspecies, which have since become known as "Blattners". In making his wines, he relies on traditional field breeding techniques. He has a position at the Institute of Ecology and Grape Breeding in Switzerland.
Varieties created or propagated Birstaler Muskat (Seyval blanc x Bacchus)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Birstaler Muskat Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Cabernet blanc (Cabernet Sauvignon x Regent)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Cabernet blanc Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Cabernet Jura (Medina x Kaberne Severnyi)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Cabernet Jura Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Cabernet noir (a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon with an unknown variety)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Cabernet noir Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Cabertin (Cabernet Sauvignon x Regent)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Cabertin Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Pinotin (Cabernet Sauvignon x Regent)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Pinotin Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Reselle (Bacchus x Seyval blanc)Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Reselle Accessed: October 22nd, 2021 Petite Milo (unknown x Resistenzpartner crossing) grown in British Columbia and Nova Scotia, Canada Epicure (Cabernet Sauvignon x Resistenzpartner) grown in British Columbia, Canada named after Victorian Epicure a company in Victoria BC that lent much support in the development of the Blattner crosses in Canada Cabernet Foch (Cabernet Sauvignon x Foch crossing) grown in British Columbia and Nova Scotia, Canada Amiel (Cabernet Sauvignon x Resistenzpartner crossing) grown in British Columbia, Canada. Early ripening white grape ripening about the same time as Ortega in the BC coastal climate. Labelle (Cabernet Foch x Resistenzpartner crossing) grown in British Columbia, Canada. A very early ripening red grape.
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