Valentin Blattner

Valentin Blattner at Château Duvivier

Valentin Blattner is a Swiss grape geneticist, grape breeder and winemaker of the Jura Mountains.[1] Blattner has conducted very important research into finding disease-resistant grapes in viniculture since the 1980s,[2] and is best known for developing Cabernet blanc in his Soyhières nursery in 1991.[3] He crossed varieties of vinifera with other subspecies, which have since become known as "Blattners".[2] In making his wines, he relies on traditional field breeding techniques. He has a position at the Institute of Ecology and Grape Breeding in Switzerland.[4]

  1. ^ "Blattner history". Omegavines.com. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b Hynes, Gary (March 2011). Island Wineries of British Columbia. TouchWood Editions. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-926741-26-0. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. ^ Pitte, Jean-Robert (2010). Il desiderio del vino. Storia di una passione antica (in Italian). EDIZIONI DEDALO. p. 31. ISBN 978-88-220-0572-4. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  4. ^ Wine East. L&H Photojournalism. 2006. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2013.