L. A. Kelley, a grape breeder and the owner of Concert Vineyards, a boutique winery in Lakeview, Ark., is enthusiastic, too.

Harold P. Olmo, a world famous grape breeder and geneticist who helped to create the modern California wine industry, died in Davis, Calif., on June 30.

Before the 17th century, they said, there are no reports of grape breeders deliberately setting out to produce hybrids.

The purpose of the VIVC database is to provide documentation on available grapevine genetic resources, and to be a source of information to grape breeders, viticultural researchers and others.

Valentin Blattner is a Swiss grape geneticist, grape breeder and winemaker of the Jura Mountains.

Low acidity and very early ripening are also important characteristics for potential grape breeders.

This was the first grape released from the breeding efforts of Elmer Swenson, and is a favorite among grape breeders and hobbyists.

Lenoir was also one of the American vines which the grape breeder Thomas Volney Munson experimented with in the late 19th Century in Denison, Texas.

Dr. Harold Olmo, 96, American grape breeder and geneticist.

August Karl Herold (born August 7, 1902 in Neckarsulm, died there January 8, 1973) was a German grape breeder.