This grape is a hybrid of the classic European grape Vitis vinifera and American native grape Vitis aestivalis var. bourquiniana. It may also be descended from Vitis cinerea, another US native.

It is resistant to Pierce's Disease, which ravages southern grape harvests, and it is heat and drought tolerant.It makes a good wine grape and table grape, and I hear that it is seedless.

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