The Vidal Grape

Vidal is a white wine grape that is a hybrid, a combination of two different species of grape varieties. Scientists and enologists create these hybrid grapes in order to combine the desirable characteristics of each grape into one. In the case of Vidal, they were looking to combine the weather hardiness of Rayon d'Or with the acidity and fruit characteristics of Ugni blanc.

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