white grape · regional specialty
Scheurebe
Alzey, Rheinhessen, Germany
Say it
shoy·ray·buh
"Scheu" (the breeder's surname) uses the German eu diphthong, which sounds like English "oy" as in boy; "rebe" is German for vine
On the palate
How you spot it blind: black-currant (cassis) aroma in a white wine, unique among aromatic German varieties
The story
First written down · 1916, Alzey, Rheinhessen, Germany
Bred in 1916 by Georg Scheu at Alzey's state vine-breeding institute as Sämling 88 (seedling no. 88), renamed in his honor in 1945, and released for general cultivation in 1956; DNA analysis disproved the long-assumed Silvaner parentage, with VIVC now listing Bukettrebe as the second parent.
Family tree: Riesling Weiss × Bukettrebe
Where it lives
Rheinhessen, Germany · Pfalz, Germany · Franken, Germany · Nahe, Germany