Catawba (grape)
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Catawba is a red American grape variety used for wine as well as juice, jams and jellies. The grape can have a pronounced musky or "foxy" flavor.[2] Grown predominantly on the East Coast of the United States, this purplish-red grape is a likely a hybrid of the native American Vitis labrusca and the Vitis vinifera cultivar Semillon.[3][4] Its exact origins are unclear but it seems to have originated somewhere on the East coast from the Carolinas to Maryland.
Catawba | |
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Grape (Vitis) | |
Color of berry skin | Rouge |
Species | Vitis labrusca × Vitis vinifera "Sémillon"[1] |
Also called | See list of synonyms |
Origin | United States |
VIVC number | 2346 |
Catawba played an important role in the early history of American wine. During the early to mid-19th century, it was the most widely planted grape variety in the country and was the grape behind Nicholas Longworth's acclaimed Ohio sparkling wines that were distributed as far away as California and Europe.
Catawba is a late-ripening variety, ripening often weeks after many other labrusca varieties and, like many vinifera varieties, it can be susceptible to fungal grape diseases such as powdery mildew.[5]