Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

German research institute

Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

Building of the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

Location| 49°59′03″N 7°57′41″E﻿ / ﻿49.98417°N 7.96139°E﻿ / 49.98417; 7.96139
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Location in Germany

The Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute was founded in 1872 and is located in the town of Geisenheim, in Germany's Rheingau region. In 1876 Swiss-born professor Hermann Müller joined the institute, where he developed his namesake grape variety Müller-Thurgau, which became Germany's most-planted grape variety in the 1970s. Professor Helmut Becker worked at the institute from 1964 until his death in 1989.[1]

## Academic Grade

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Geisenheim is the only German institution to award higher academic degrees in winemaking. Formally, undergraduate level viticulture and enology, ending with a bachelor's degree in engineering is awarded by the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, and the newly introduced master's degree is awarded by the Giessen University.

## Breeds

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* White: Müller-Thurgau, Arnsburger, Ehrenfelser, Saphira, Reichensteiner, Ehrenbreitsteiner, Prinzipal, Osteiner, Witberger, Schönburger, Primera, Rabaner, Hibernal
* Red: Rotberger, Dakapo
* Improvements: Rondo, Orléans, Dunkelfelder

## See also

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* Wine
* German wine
* Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding

## References

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1. ^ Robinson, Jancis (Ed.) The Oxford Companion to Wine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1999.

## External links

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* DEPARTMENT OF GRAPEVINE BREEDING at Geisenheim University

Authority control databases

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* ISNI
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