Tags: Flowering Plant, Grape.
Arnsburger is a white variety of grape used for wine. It was created 1939 by Heinrich Birk (1898-1973) at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute by crossing two clones of Riesling clone 88 and clone 64. Arnsburger did not receive varietal protection until 1984. It was named after Arnsburg Abbey a ruin of a Cistercian abbey in Wetterau as a homage of the importance of Cistercians in the history of German wine.Plantations of Arnsburger is very small.
