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Variety traits

Grape Sugar Content

Vitis vinifera L.

A key indicator of crop quality, reflecting the concentration of glucose and fructose in berry juice, which determines harvest timing and the potential of future wine.

In the reference 126 varieties crop Common grape vine, where this is mentioned in the description.

The sugar content of grape berries varies between 12–30% depending on the variety, climatic conditions, and agricultural practices. For high-quality wines, target values are considered to be in the 20–24% range, while values below 18–20% are often insufficient for complete fermentation without additional adjustment.

Monitoring sugar levels, along with acidity and pH indicators, allows the agronomist to precisely determine the optimal harvest start date. The rate of sugar accumulation depends on insolation and thermal conditions, as well as agrotechnical factors such as water management and the level of crop load per vine.

General information about the subject — on the page Sugar content.

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Varieties of Common grape vine mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Glera

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

INCONNU (FR)

FR
3 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

GIDEON JACOBUS NICOLAAS COETZEE

ES
3 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Shachar Karniel

3 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Timothy P Sheehan, Sheehan Genetics Australia Pty Ltd

ES
3 records

Regent

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c. Gerhardt Alleweldt

BG DE
4 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Stefano Somma

3 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

INCONNU (FR)

DE FR
2 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Sarl Bourguet et Fils

MT
2 records

Carmolí

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

José Ignacio Fernández Fernández/Leonor Ruiz García/María Rocío Gil Muñoz/ Celia Martínez Mora/Juan Antonio Bleda Sánchez/Adrián Martínez Cutillas

ES
2 records

Quípar

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

José Ignacio Fernández Fernández/Leonor Ruiz García/María Rocío Gil Muñoz/ Celia Martínez Mora/Juan Antonio Bleda Sánchez/Adrián Martínez Cutillas

ES
2 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Johannes Zimmermann

DE
3 records

Carillon

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg

DE
2 records

Regal Seedless

Application submitted

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Phil Ellis, Arc Infruitec Nietvoorbij

FR
2 records

ARD7

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Shachar Karniel

2 records

Rubin

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Petar Dimitrov, Yordan K. Ivanov, Kolyu I. Katerov, Ivan H. Dimitrov

BG SK
4 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

GARGIULO ANGELO

IT MT
2 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

James J. Luby^^^Peter Hemstad

2 records

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Marco Stefanini Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM-CRI)

2 records

Afrodite

Application submitted

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Dimitar Babrikov, Venelin Roychev, Agricultural University - Plovdiv (BG)

BG
2 records

Muscaris

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Land Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

DE
3 records

Luisa

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Stefano Somma

2 records

Aromera

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

InnoVitis GmbH

DE
2 records

Drujba

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Yordan K. Ivanov, Vasil Y. Valchev, Georgi S. Petkov, Boris A. Muzyichenko (RU), Arif M. Aliev (RU), Ivan A. Kostrikin (RU)

BG
3 records