Orangetraube

Orangetraube is a white grape varietal, originally selected from wild vines by the influential German viticulturist Johann Phillip Bronner in 1840. It has been cultivated in Germany and Austria, most frequently as part of a field blend (known in Austria as Gemischter Satz). It is rare to find it bottled as a single-variety wine. When fully ripe, the grapes’ skin takes on a slightly orange tint, hence the name Orangetraube, literally translated to “Orange Grape. Weingut Zahel is the only producer in all of Austria to be currently bottling this varietal as a single varietal wine.