 The wines from this table grape variety were flabby and never really acceptable, except for blending.The confusion over this variety – foreseen in a rare moment of sanity (as far as rules and regulations governing UK viticulture is concerned) by the EU Commission in 1973 when MAFF submitted vine varieties for classification – has meant that it gained something of a chequered reputation.Today, the area planted is 46.8-hectares and under 4 per cent of the UK’s planted area – down from 54.6-hectares in 1990, but not drastically so.