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search Grape (Vitis) Color of berry skin Blanc Species Vitis
vinifera Also called See list of synonyms Origin France Notable
regions Australia, South Africa  Crouchen is a white South
African and Australian wine grape variety that originated in the
western Pyrenees of France but is now virtually extinct in
France due to its high susceptibility to fungal diseases like
powdery and downy mildew. The grape is known under a wide
variety of synonyms including Clare Riesling and Cape Riesling
though it is not related to the well known international variety
Riesling.[1] Recent European Union regulation aimed at
standardizing wine labelling laws has encouraged wineries to
move away from these synonyms but their use still persists.[2]
Records indicate that Crouchen was first shipped from France to
the Clare Valley of South Australia in 1850. From there the
grape became misidentified as both Semillon and Riesling before
eventually being considered by the Aust