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Grape Variety: Piedirosso

Variety Name Piedirosso
All Synonyms Palombina, Palombina nera, Palumbina nera, Palumbo, Per'e Palummo, Perepalummo, Pererusso, Piede Colombo, Piede di Colombo, Piedepalumbo, Streppa verde, Strepparossa
Countries of Origin Italy
Species Vitis vinifera
References
Berry Color Black
Uses Wine
Comments This variety is grown primarily in Southern Italy and on the nearby islands of Ischia and Capri.

Piedirosso Selections

Information about:          Selection Numbers     |     Registration Status
  Piedirosso 01
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 Carlo Mastroberardino, Atripalda, Italy
Treatments Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
Comments This selection was donated to the public foundation vineyard collection at Foundation Plant Services in 2000 by Carlo Mastroberardino. The plant material was from the Mastroberardino family collection in Atripalda, Italy. The original plant material was subjected to microshoot tip tissue culture therapy in 2002 and was eventually planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2008 as Piedirosso 01.