Grape Variety: Sylvaner

Variety Name	Sylvaner
TTB Approved Name(s)	Sylvaner
Common Synonyms	Grüner Silvaner, Silvaner
All Synonyms	Arvine, Arvine grande, Augustiner Weiss, Beregi Szilvani, Boetzinger, Cilifantli, Cinifal Zeleny, Clozier, Cynifadl Zeleny, Cynifal, Esterreicher, Fliegentraube, Franken Riesling, Frankenriesling, Frankentraube, Fueszeres Szilvani, Gamay blanc, Gentil vert, Grande Arvine, Gros Plant du Rhin, Gros Rhin, Gros Riesling, Gros-Rhin, Gruber, Gruenedel, Gruenfraenkisch, Grüner Silvaner, Grüner Sylvaner, Grüner Zirfahndler, Haeusler Schwarz, Johannesberger, Johannisberg, Mishka, Momavaka, Monterey Riesling, Moravka, Movavka, Muschka, Mushza, Musza, Nemetskii Rizling, Öesterreicher, Öestreicher, Pepitraube, Pepltraube, Picardon blanc, Picardou blanc, Plant du Rhin, Raisin d'Autriche, Rhin, Rundblatt, Salfin, Salfine Bely, Salvaner, Salviner, Scharvaner, Scherwaner, Schoenfeilner, Schwabler, Schwaebler, Schwuebler, Sedmogradka, Sedmogradska Zelena, Selenzhiz, Selivan, Silvaner, Silvaner bianco, Silvaner blanc, Silvaner gruen, Silvani Zeleni, Silvania, Silvanske, Silvanske Zelene, Sonoma Riesling, Sylvan Zeleny, Sylvaner B2, Sylvander B8, Sylvaner verde, Sylvaner vert, Sylvanertraube, Szilvani Feher, Szilvani Zold, Tschafahnler, Yesil Silvaner, Zelena Sedmogradka, Zelencic, Zeleny, Zierfandler, Zierifandel, Zinifal, Zoeld Szilvani, ZoeldsilvaniSilvaner
Countries of Origin	Austria
Species	Vitis vinifera
Pedigree	DNA analysis (in Austria)- see reference 61 - shows that parents of Sylvaner are Traminer and Österreichisch Weiss
References	Show 9 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. Alley, C. J. Variety Synonyms List (obtained from Susan Nelson-Kluk). Unpublished list, date and source material unknown. 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 Calò, A., A. Costacurta, V. Maraš, S. Meneghetti, and M. Crespan. 2008. Molecular Correlation of Zinfandel (Primitivo) with Austrian, Croatian, and Hungarian Cultivars and Kratošija, an Additional Synonym, Am.J.Enol.Vitic. 59:2.
Berry Color	White
Uses	Wine
Comments	Sylvaner is an ancient variety that has been cultivated since the Middle Ages. It is believed to be native to Austria.

Sylvaner Selections

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.

	Sylvaner 01
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.
Source	France
Treatments	Currently undergoing testing , Tissue Culture Excision
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in March of 1977 from Paul Truel, Domaine du Chapitre, on the Rhône River near Montpellier, France. The name on the plant material was Valdiguié (Gamay) (USDA Plant Identification number 422383). Subsequent DNA testing at FPS revealed that the vine is Sylvaner blanc. Cuttings were taken from the original vine in July, 2010, and new plants were created for planting in the FPS quarantine vineyard. The new plants will undergo testing at FPS.
	Sylvaner 08
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	France
Treatments	Heat treatment 103 days , Tissue Culture Excision
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1968 under the variety name Sylvaner B8 (USDA-ARS P.I. number 306343). The original plant material was collected in France and sent to the United States in 1965 by Statens Federales d'Essais Agricolas, Domaine du Chateau de Changins, Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland. B8 is a distinct clone of the variety Sylvaner. The name of this selection was changed from Sylvaner B8 to Sylvaner in 2010 to reflect the correct varietal prime name.
	Sylvaner 08.1
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.
Treatments	Tissue Culture Excision
	Sylvaner 12
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.
Protocol 2010	Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
Source	Switzerland
Treatments	Heat treatment 103 days; microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
Comments	This selection was originally collected in France and imported in 1965 from Statens Federales d'Essais Agricolas, Nyon, Switzerland (USDA-ARS P.I. number 306341). The selection was initially assigned the name Sylvaner B2 at Foundation Plant Services. The original material underwent heat treatment therapy in 1967 for 103 days at FPS. After completion of index testing, the selection was planted in the old foundation vineyard in 1968 as Sylvaner B2 FPS 06. In 1999, Sylvaner 06 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy; after successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, the treated material was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2006 as Sylvaner B2 FPS 12. The name of the selection at FPS was changed in 2010 from Sylvaner B2 to 'Sylvaner', because B2 was likely a clonal designation assigned in Switzerland. In Germany, the variety name is spelled Silvaner. FPS maintained the spelling 'Sylvaner' to correspond with the name approved by the TTB.

Grape Variety: Sylvaner

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Sylvaner Selections