Scheurebe

The white Scheurebe was bred in 1916 by Dr Georg Scheu in Alzey/Rhine Hesse. He himself assumed that it was a cross between Riesling and Silvaner.

To err is human. Since 2012, it has been proven that Scheurebe is a descendant of Riesling and the Bukett grape. Good question, Bukkettraube. We will dedicate a separate entry to this later. During his lifetime, Dr Scheu did not want to name the vine after himself. So it was initially called Sämling 88, and during the Third Reich it was given the name Dr Wagnerrebe (who could think of such a thing?) with the typical pomp and circumstance. This was done in honour of the politician Richard Wagner (not the composer, but a strict NSDAP member), who was also the state farmer leader of Hesse-Nassau. In 1950, it was finally named after Georg Scheu and given the name Scheurebe. By this time, however, its "inventor" had already passed away.