Grape Variety: Barbera

Variety Name	Barbera
TTB Approved Name(s)	Barbera
All Synonyms	Barbera Amaro, Barber a Raspo Rosso, Barbera a Peduncolo Rosso, Barbera a Peduncolo verde, Barbera a Raspo verde, Barbera Crna, Barbera d'Asti, Barbera dolce, Barbera fina, Barbera forte, Barbera grossa, Barbera Mercantile, Barbera Monferrato, Barbera nera, Barbera Nostrana, Barbera riccia, Barbera Rissa, Barbera rosa, Barbera vera, Barberone, Besagno, Cosses Barbusen, Gaietto, Lombardesca, Ughetta
Countries of Origin	Italy
Species	Vitis vinifera
References	Show 4 references Hide references Christensen, L et al. 2003. Wine Grape Varieties in California. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3419. Robinson, J. 2006. The Oxford Companion to Wine. Third edition. Oxford University Press. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC). Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants (BAZ). Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ). August, 2007. Link The former National Grape Registry (NGR) was initially compiled and annotated using the earlier version of the Vitis database. The VIVC underwent a significant update beginning in 2007. Corresponding updates to this Registry will be made as necessary. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Code of Federal Regulations Title 27 Part 4.91 List of approved prime names. Link
Berry Color	Black
Uses	Wine

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Barbera Selections

Information about: Clonal Families, Selection Numbers and Registration Status

	Barbera [02]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Rauscedo 6, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Italy
Comments	This selection was imported to Foundation Plant Services from Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo (VCR) in 1983 by Dr. Austin Goheen (UC Davis, Department of Plant Pathology) for evaluation. The plant material was Rauscedo clone 6, which never appeared on the approved registry of clones in Italy. The selection tested negative for virus and was not required to undergo disease elimination therapy. Barbera 02 first appeared on the list of registered vines in 1988-89. Barbera 02 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard and qualified for planting there in 2013 as Barbera 02.1.
	Barbera [03]
Selections in Family	Barbera [03] [5]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	CVT-CNR 171, Torino, Italy
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1993 from the Centro di Studio per il Miglioramento Genetico della Vite (CVT), CNR, in Torino, Italy. The Italian clonal designation was Barbera CVT 171, which originated in the Piedmont region of Italy. This selection and Barbera 05 were introduced at FPS as duplicate selections of the same clone. Barbera 03 tested negative for virus and was not required to undergo disease elimination therapy at FPS in order to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Barbera 03 first appeared on the list of registered vines in 1999-2000. Barbera 03 later underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it was planted in 2013 as Barbera 03.1.
	Barbera [04]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	AT 84, Torino, Italy
Comments	This selection was imported to Foundation Plant Services in 1993 from the Centro di Studio per il Miglioramento Genetico della Vite (CVT), CNR, in Torino, Italy. The Italian clonal designation was AT 84, which originated in the Piedmont region of Italy. The selection tested negative for virus and was not required to undergo disease elimination therapy at FPS. Barbera 04 first appeared on the list of registered vines in 1999-2000.
	Barbera [06]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Barbera FPS 01 (Marshall 32v7)
Comments	Barbera 01 originally came to Foundation Plant Services sometime prior to 1960 from a California vineyard (Marshall 32v7). That selection was first planted in the foundation vineyard in 1964. Barbera 01 appeared on the list of registered vines from 1970 through 1983, during which time it was distributed widely throughout the state of California. In 1982, the Barbera FPS 01 foundation vines tested positive for a mild form of leafroll virus and were removed from the list of registered vines in 1984. Meanwhile, University of California Extension Viticulturist Peter Christensen conducted a clonal comparison of two FPS Barbera clones (Barbera 01 and 02) in the 1990's. Based on the performance of Barbera 01 in that trial, Christensen recommended to FPS that Barbera 01 be reinstalled in the foundation vineyard. In 1996, FPS was able to locate what appeared to be a clean source of the Barbera 01 plant material in John Gist's increase block in south Davis. The material was retrieved, retested and reindexed at FPS. The Barbera 01 plant material from Gist's vineyard tested negative for all viruses and was not required to undergo disease elimination therapy at FPS. FPS renamed the selection Barbera 06 and planted the selection in the foundation vineyard. The new selection first appeared on the list of registered vines in 2000-2001. At the time Barbera 06 (non-treated) was undergoing testing for planting in the Classic Foundation Vineyard, FPS also created a backup vine from the same source material; the backup vine was created from Barbera 01 plant material using microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy. That backup vine to Barbera 06 recently qualified by 2010 Protocol testing for inclusion in the new Russell Ranch vineyard. The tissue culture version of this plant material was named Barbera 06.1 and was planted in the new Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2011.
	Barbera [07] (proprietary)
Registration Status	Registered
Source	VCR 19, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Italy
Proprietary	Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner.
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1998 from Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Italy. It is VCR clone 19. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2013 and has qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard. The selection is a proprietary selection that is distributed by Novavine Grapevine Nursery.
	Barbera [08] (proprietary)
Registration Status	Registered
Source	VCR 15, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Italy
Proprietary	Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner.
Comments	This proprietary selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1998 from Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo in Italy. It is VCR clone 15. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2013 and qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2015.