Grape Variety: Muscat of Alexandria

Variety Name	Muscat of Alexandria
TTB Approved Name(s)	Muscat of Alexandria
All Synonyms	Aggliko, Albillo de Toro, Alexander Muskat, Alexandriai Muskotaly, Angliko, Apostoliatiko, Argelino, Augibi blanc, Augibi Muscat, Bowood Muscat, Broccula, Chasselas Musque, Damascener Weiss Muscat, Englesiko, Gerosolimitana bianca, Gordo, Hanepoot, Isidori, Iskendiriye Misketi, Jubi, Kabrija, Malaga blanc, Meski, Moscatel de Alejandria, Moscatel de Chipiona, Moscatel de Espana, Moscatel de Grano Gordo, Moscatel de Jesus, Moscatel de Lanzarote, Moscatel de Malaga, Moscatel de Samso, Moscatel de Setubal, Moscatel de Valencia, Moscatel Flamenco, Moscatel Gordo, Moscatel Gordo Blanco, Moscatel Gordo blanco, Moscatel Real, Moscatel Roma, Moscatel Romano, Moscatellone, Moscato di Calabria, Moscato di Pantelleria, Moscato Gordo, Moschato Alexandrias, Muscat Candia, Muscat Croquant, Muscat d' Alexandrie, Muscat d' Espagne, Muscat de Jerusalem, Muscat de Kelibia, Muscat de Raf-Raf, Muscat de Rivesaltes, Muscat de Roma, Muscat Flame, Muscat Grec, Muscat Primavais, Muscat à Gros Grains, Muscataiu, Muscatdamascener Weiss, Muscatellone di Espagna, Muscat Romain, Muskat Etolyata, Muskat Krupni, Muskat Rapski, Muskat Veliki, Pais Myuske, Panse Muscade, Panse Muscat, Panse Musquee, Paradisia, Pasa de Malaga, Pascal Muscat, Passe Muscat, Raisin de Malaga, Roode Hanepoot, Salamanna, Smirnai Szagos, Spanier Weiss, Tokay Musque, Tottenham Park Muscat, Vanille Raisin, White Hanepoot, Zibebenmuscateller Weiss, Zibibb, Zibibbo
Countries of Origin	Egypt
Species	Vitis vinifera
Pedigree	Muscat blanc à petits grains (Moscato bianco) x Axina de tres bias (Trifera, Uva di tre volte, Tre volte l'anno)
References	Show 8 references Hide references Christensen, L et al. 2003. Wine Grape Varieties in California. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3419. ENTAV. Catalogue of Selected Wine Grape Varieties and Clones Cultivated in France.1995. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CTPS. France. Galet, P. 1998. Grape Varieties and Rootstock Varieties. Oenoplurimedia sarl. Chateau de Chaintre, France. 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. Galet, Pierre. 1998. Grape Varieties and Rootstock Varieties. Oenoplurimédia sarl, Château de Chaintré, Chaintré, France. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Code of Federal Regulations Title 27 Part 4.91 List of approved prime names. Link Cipriani et al. 2010. The SSR-based molecular profile of 1005 grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) accessions uncovers new synonymy and parentages, and reveals a large admixture amongst varieties of different geographic origin. Theor Appl Genet 121: 1569-1585.
Berry Color	White
Uses	Raisin,Table,Wine
Comments	One of the parents of Muscat of Alexandria, Axina de tres bias (syn. Trifera), is an ancient black berry variety still grown on Sardinia (see reference 70). The synonyms for Axina de tres bias were given for the ability to flower and crop three times a year under favorable climatic conditions.

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Information about: Selection Numbers | Registration Status

How Selection Numbers are Created

Questions are often asked as to how Foundation Plant Services (FPS) decides which number to assign to the grape selections in the foundation vineyard and whether those numbers relate to particular clones that may be the sources of the FPS selections.

The answer for most selections in the FPS foundation vineyard is that selection numbers are assigned by the next available (unused) number in sequence for that variety. There is nothing magical about it. For example, the first Sauvignon blanc selection that came to FPS in 1958 was named Sauvignon blanc FPS 01. The next Sauvignon blanc arrival received the name Sauvignon blanc FPS 02. Gaps in the numbering system in the current list of available selections mean that the omitted number was taken out of circulation for some reason, such as death from disease.

FPS intentionally chose the word "selection" rather than "clone" when referring to the products offered in the foundation vineyard. The word "clone" can be confusing and ambiguous. The major European collections have formal evaluation protocols for grape material to qualify material for release as an official "clone". Evaluation criteria includes field performance and wine making characteristics.

FPS does not perform formal clonal evaluations on the grapevine materials accepted for the foundation vineyard. The word "selection" at FPS simply means the material was collected from a single source vine from the vineyard of origin, whether within the United States or from a foreign vineyard. Some of our numbered selections have been through trials here in California but FPS does not conduct those trials or evaluations.

Having said that, there is a subgroup of selections at FPS that are official numbered clones from the formal clonal development programs in Europe. Those official clones are imported and sold by the owners as proprietary (trademarked) clonal material in the United States. The owners are large government or nursery entities in Europe, such as the ENTAV-INRA® clonal material from the IFV program in France. In order to preserve the identity of those clones, FPS agreed to assign them the same official clone number that the program in Europe gave them when released there. Cabernet Sauvignon 685 from France received the name Cabernet Sauvignon ENTAV-INRA® 685 at FPS. The owners of those proprietary clones are the ones who vouch for or affirm the authenticity of their trademarked clones.

Lastly, there is a small subset of "clones" that came to FPS in the 1980's prior to the establishment of the trademark programs for the European clones. Those clones also came to the United States associated with clone numbers assigned when the clones were developed in Europe. Many of the French clones in that group were developed at Dijon in France and the material has been known as the "Dijon clones". Those French clones were not protected by an official trademark program at the time they came to the United States. Some of those clones are no longer used in France and some were incorporated into the ENTAV-INRA trademark program.

FPS refers to this subset of clones as "generic clonal material". FPS agreed that we would assign those non-proprietary clones a new number at FPS rather than the European clonal number. They received their FPS numbers using the "next in order" rule. We may have a note on the plant description that the selection is "reported to be a certain French clone number". FPS cannot guarantee that such a selection is the official French clone number that it was formally associated with in France.

	Muscat of Alexandria 02
Registration Status	Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source	California vineyard (Taber)
Treatments	Heat treatment 77 days , Tissue Culture Excision
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in the early 1960's from a vineyard in California. Muscat of Alexandria FPS 02 and 03 were harvested from the same source vine in a California vineyard in the 1960's. FPS 02 and FPS 03 underwent different heat treatment periods at FPS between 1963 and 1965. The original material for FPS 02 underwent heat treatment therapy for 77 days and qualified for the foundation vineyard in 1966. [For the current version of Muscat of Alexandria FPS 03, see Muscat of Alexandria FPS 04.1].