Wines made from Bronner grapes of Côtes de Sambre et Meuse
Discover the best wines made with Bronner as a single variety or as a blend of Côtes de Sambre et Meuse.
An interspecific cross between merzling and rondo obtained in 1975 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. However, the I.N.R.A. Bordeaux Sciences Agro has since noted a loss of efficiency on mildew due to a bypass. It can be found in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, England, etc. It is not very widespread today and is almost unknown in France. It should not be confused with another variety of the same name, which comes from a Pinot Blanc seedling, also obtained in Germany by Johann Philipp Bronner.
Côtes de Sambre et Meuse wines are wines from the Walloon Region in Belgium. Their quality is recognized as an appellation of controlled origin. About sixty owners and 27 vineyards listed by the Belgian federation of wines and spirits total about thirty hectares of vines. This represents between 75 and 80 000 vines for an annual production of 800 to 900 hectoliters.