Variety Name |
Pinot gris |
TTB Approved Name(s) |
Pinot gris (Pinot Grigio) |
Common Synonyms |
Pinot grigio |
All Synonyms |
Affume, Anche Cendree, Arnaison gris, Aserat, Auvergne gris, Auvernas gris, Auvernat gris, Auvernet, Auxerrat, Auxerrois gris, Auxois, Baratszinszoeloe, Bayonner, Beurot, Biliboner, Borgogna grigio, Burgundac Sivi, Burgunder Roter, Burgundske Sede, Burgundske Sive, Burot, Casper, Champagner, Claevner Roth, Cordonnier gris, Crvena Klevanjka, Drusen, Drusent, Druser, Edelklevner, Enfume, Faultraube, Fauvet, Fromenteau gris, Fromentot, Grau Clevnet, Grauburgunder, Grauer Burgunder, Grauer Moench, Grauklaeber, Grauklevner, Gris Commun, Gris Cordelier, Griset, Hamsas Szoello, Hamuszoeloe, Kapuzinerkutten, Klevanjka, Klevanjka Crvena, Levrant, Levraut, Malvasier grau, Malvoisie, Mauserl, Mausfarbe, Moreote gris, Murys, Muscade, Musler, Noirin gris, Ouche, Petit gris, Pineau Cendree, Pineau gris, Pinot Beurot, Pinot Cendre, Pinot Franc gris, Pinot grigio, Pinot Seryi, Piros Kisburgundi, Pirosburgundi, Pyzhik, Rauchler, Raulander, Rehfahl, Reilander, Reloender, Rheingrau, Rheintraube, Riesling grau, Rohlander, Rollander, Roloender Drusen, Rother Clewner, Rouci Sedive, Ruhlandi, Rulaender, Rulaender Sivi, Rulander, Ryjik, Ryzik, Savoyertraube grau, Savoyertraube roth, Schieler, Sivi Pinot, Speyerer, Spinovy Hrozen, Stahler, Strahler, Szuerke Kisburgundi, Szuerke Klevner, Szuerkebarat, Szurkebarat, Tokay, Tokay d' Alsace, Tokayer, Valais, Wiliboner, Zelenak |
Countries of Origin |
France |
Species |
Vitis vinifera
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Pedigree |
Mutation of Pinot noir |
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.
- Calo, A. et al. 2001. Vitigni d’Italia. Edagricole-Edizioni Agricole della Calderini. Bologna, Italy. (In Italian)
- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Code of Federal Regulations Title 27 Part 4.91 List of approved prime names. Link
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Berry Color |
Grey |
Uses |
Wine |
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.
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Pinot gris 01
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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.
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Source |
Jackson, California |
Treatments |
None , Tissue Culture Excision
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Pinot gris 01.1
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Registration Status |
Provisional
Provisional Status is an important term used in the regulations of the California Department of Food & Agriculture's Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Grapevine selections with Provisional Status have successfully completed all required disease testing, but have not been confirmed as true to variety. Propagation material from Provisional selections qualifies for release subject to the understanding on the part of the customer that the identity has yet to be confirmed.
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Protocol 2010 |
Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
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Treatments |
Tissue Culture Excision
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Pinot gris 04
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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.
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Source |
France via Oregon State University |
Treatments |
Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1987 from France via the former quarantine program at Oregon State University. The original plant material is reported to be French clone Pinot gris 53 (formerly INRA clone 152) from Colmar, France. The importation of this selection preceded the implementation of the official trademark program for French clones. The authenticity of the clonal identity of this selection cannot be guaranteed and is therefore 'reported to be' a certain clone. This selection underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, the newly treated vines were planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 1995. |
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Pinot gris 05
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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.
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Source |
Reported to be clone 53 from France via Oregon State University |
Treatments |
Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
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Pinot gris 08 (proprietary)
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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.
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Source |
VCR 5, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Italy |
Treatments |
None
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Proprietary |
Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner.
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Patented / Proprietary |
Proprietary |
Comments |
Distributed by Novavine Grapevine Nursery |
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Pinot gris 09
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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.
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Protocol 2010 |
Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
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Source |
France via Oregon State University |
Treatments |
Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1987 from France via the former quarantine program at Oregon State University. The original plant material is reported to be French clone Pinot gris 52 (formerly INRA clone 146) from Colmar, France. The importation of this selection preceded the implementation of the official trademark program for French clones. The authenticity of the clonal identity of this selection cannot be guaranteed and is therefore 'reported to be' a certain clone. The original plant material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS in 1996. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Pinot gris 09 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2000. |
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Pinot gris 09.1
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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.
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Protocol 2010 |
Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
(This selection planted in Russell Ranch)
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Source |
France via Oregon State University |
Treatments |
Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1987 from France via the former quarantine program at Oregon State University. The original plant material is reported to be French clone Pinot gris 52 (formerly INRA clone 146) from Colmar, France. The importation of this selection preceded the implementation of the official trademark program for French clones. The authenticity of the clonal identity of this selection cannot be guaranteed and is therefore 'reported to be' a certain clone. The original plant material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS in 1996. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Pinot gris 09 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2000. At the same time as the original material was undergoing testing, backup vines were created using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy and planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard without assignment of a selection number. The backup vines successfully completed testing under the 2010 Protocol in 2012 and were planted in the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard as Pinot gris 09.1. |
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Pinot gris 10 (proprietary)
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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.
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Source |
VCR 505 SMA, Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Italy |
Treatments |
None
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Proprietary |
Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner.
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Patented / Proprietary |
Proprietary |
Comments |
This proprietary selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1999 from Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo in Italy. It is VCR clone 505 SMA. The original material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2002. See also Pinot gris 10.1. |
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Pinot gris 11
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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.
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Protocol 2010 |
Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
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Source |
Alsace, France, via vineyard at University of California, Davis |
Treatments |
Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
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Comments |
This selection came to the University of California from France in 1956 when it was planted in a vineyard managed by the Department of Viticulture & Enology. The planting location is given in old Foundation Plant Services' records as 'O.F. A9 v25' - which is a reference to the old Armstrong tract used in the 1950's by the Department of Viticulture & Enology for their collections. Notations in the FPS indexing records and on the 1956 list of registered vines state that the plant material was Alsace clone 150B. The original material came to FPS for indexing, after which it was given the name Pinot gris FPS 01A and planted in the old foundation vineyard in 1962. In 1998, Pinot gris 01A underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, the treated vines were planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2003 as Pinot gris 11. |
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Pinot gris 12
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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.
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Source |
Geisenheim, Germany, via Oregon State University |
Treatments |
Heat treatment 62 days (1981); microshoot tip tissue culture therapy (1999)
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Comments |
The source material for this selection originally came to Foundation Plant Services in 1979 from Geisenheim, Germany, via Oregon State University. The selection was initially given the name Rulander 01, which is a synonym for Pinot gris. Rulander 01 underwent heat treatment for a period of 62 days in 1981 and was eventually planted in the foundation vineyard. The name of the selection was changed to the preferred variety name, Pinot gris 06, in 1996. In 1999, Pinot gris 06 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Pinot gris 12 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2003. |
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Pinot gris 14 (proprietary)
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Registration Status |
Provisional
Provisional Status is an important term used in the regulations of the California Department of Food & Agriculture's Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Grapevine selections with Provisional Status have successfully completed all required disease testing, but have not been confirmed as true to variety. Propagation material from Provisional selections qualifies for release subject to the understanding on the part of the customer that the identity has yet to be confirmed.
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Source |
Pinot gris clone 2/26-19 Gm, Geisenheim University, Germany |
Treatments |
None
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Proprietary |
Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: Geisenheim University
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Patented / Proprietary |
Proprietary |
Comments |
This proprietary selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2015 from Geisenheim University. The clone is Geisenheim Pinot gris 2/26-19 Gm. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2017. |
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Pinot gris 52 (proprietary)
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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.
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Source |
Pinot gris ENTAV-INRA ® 52 authorized clone from ENTAV in France |
Treatments |
None , Tissue Culture Excision
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Proprietary |
Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV-ITV
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Patented / Proprietary |
Proprietary |
Comments |
Distributed by ENTAV-INRA licensees |
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Pinot gris 457 (proprietary)
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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.
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Source |
Pinot gris ENTAV-INRA ® 457 authorized clone from ENTAV in France |
Treatments |
None
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Proprietary |
Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV-ITV
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Patented / Proprietary |
Proprietary |
Comments |
This selection is the authorized French clone Pinot gris 457 which was developed through the ENTAV-INRA program in France. The authorized French clones are distributed under the ENTAV-INRA® trademark. Pinot gris ENTAV-INRA® 457 came to Foundation Plant Services in 2003. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Pinot gris 457 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2007. |