"Muller-Thurgau" is a white wine grape variety developed in Germany.
It was created in 1882 at the Geisenheim Laboratory in Germany by crossbreeding Riesling and Madeleine Royal.
The device was named "Muller-Thurgau" because its developer, Professor Hermann Muller, was from the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Müller-Thurgau wines are characterised by their freshness, ease and crispness and are usually drunk young.
It is mainly cultivated in Germany and Austria, but because it is early-ripening, high-yielding, and disease-resistant, it is also grown all over the world.
It was previously cultivated extensively in New Zealand, mainly in the Gisborne and Marlborough regions, but has now been replaced by other varieties and is no longer seen very often.
