Grape Variety: Kidonitsa

Variety Name	Kidonitsa
All Synonyms	Kidonitsa
Countries of Origin	Greece
Species	Vitis vinifera
References	Show 2 references Hide references 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. Robinson, Jancis, Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz. WINE GRAPES. First U.S. edition, 2012. Harper Collins Publishers, East 53rd Street, New York, New York.
Berry Color	White
Uses	Wine
Comments	This white wine variety is from the southern Peloponnese and reportedly produces aromatic wines.

Kidonitsa Selections

	Kidonitsa [01]
Registration Status	Provisional
Source	Greece; donated by Fassoulis Grapevine Nursery, Nemea, Greece
Comments	Foundation Plant Services entered into an exchange agreement for a series of Greek grape selections as a result of a seminar on Greek wines held at UC Davis in 2013. Fassoulis Grapevine Nursery from Nemea in the Peloponnese region of Greece participated in the seminar and afterward agreed to donate desirable clones of select Greek varieties to the FPS public grapevine collection. Kidonitsa 01 originated from a vineyard in Nemea and was received by FPS in 2015. The original material underwent disease testing at FPS and qualified for the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2017. That material also underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2015 and qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2017.