Valtellina and Veltliner (probably for M. Pronay)

No.

Yes.

No. What the Swiss Germans call "Veltliner" (= [wine from] Valtellina) is always red.

Btw, the complete parentage of Grüner Veltliner has been found out a few weeks ago. The mother grape, Traminer, had been pinned down already a few years ago, while the father was unknown.

An old more or less wild rootstock in a former pasture land in St. Georgen, Burgenland (today part of Burgenland's capital, Eisenstadt) has been genetically identified as the fahther of Grüner Veltliner. Hans Moser, wine-grower in St. Georgen, was told by an old former sheperd that the grapes tasted quite sweet and muscaty, which would explain the former synonym of Grüner Veltliner, "Grünmuskateller". He convinced Ferdinand Regener from Klosterneuburg vitcultural school (the leading ampelographist in Austia) to investigate, and now it has been confirmed. The unknown grape was given the name of "St. Georgen". Burgenländers are quite proud of the fact that Burgenland has been found to be the home of one of GV's ancestors.

There's an article in German on Eisenstadt's homepage:

or

The press kit says: For inquiries please contact Maximilian Schulyok, phone +43-676-83705712, kommunikation_eisenstadt_at (convert underscores to obvious special characters for mail).

HTH a little,

M.

I just realized that I have the press kit in my mailbox. Whoever wants to have it, contact me, my reply address works.

M.

Thanks, it was very interesting!!

Yves

Next question would be why it is called Veltliner. Maybe not extremely interesting, but, being certified nerd, I'd like to know ... Cheers Nils

There's no stringent answer to that question yet. And I don't think there ever will be one.

M.