Olmo grapes are wine and table grape varieties produced by University of California, Davis viticulturist Dr. Harold Olmo. Over the course of his nearly 50-year career, Dr. Olmo bred a wide variety of both grapes by means of both crossing varieties from the same species or creating hybrid grapes from cultivars of different Vitis species.

Harold Olmo (July 31, 1909 – June 30, 2006) was an American viticulturist and professor at the University of California, Davis where he created many new grape varieties known today as Olmo grapes. In the 1950s, he helped to establish California's first quarantine facility on the UC Davis campus to permit California growers to import foreign ...

Olmo’s work at U.C. Davis with grape clonal selection, grape breeding and grapevine importation greatly increased the varieties and clones available to the industry in California. His plant exploration travels around the world earned him the nickname the “Indiana Jones of Viticulture”.

Olmo grapes are wine and table grape varieties produced by University of California, Davis viticulturist Dr. Harold Olmo. Over the course of his nearly 50-year career, Dr. Olmo bred a wide variety of both grapes by means of both crossing varieties from the same species or creating hybrid grapes from cultivars of different Vitis species.

Jun 30, 2006 · Harold was a grape breeder and geneticist. His breeding efforts were broadly focused and he developed wine, table, raisin, and juice grape varieties. He also worked on improving disease and pest resistance, and on better understanding the complex genetics of …

Jan 16, 2020 · Together they represent 12,000 miles covered by Harold Olmo in one year, while collecting plant seeds and cuttings that today form a key part of UC Davis’ collection of genetically-diverse grapes. It is undoubtedly among the most impressive collections in the world.

Jul 5, 2006 · His Redglobe is among the most widely grown table grapes in the world, while Rubired is commonly used as a blending grape to add color to wines. Varietal wines have been made from his Ruby Cabernet, Emerald Riesling, Symphony, Flora and Carmine.

Jul 21, 2006 · Harold Olmo, a grape breeder and viticulturist who played a key role in the development of the California wine industry starting in the 1930s, died June 30. He was 96. Olmo's death has been widely reported in national media, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Seattle Times.

Selecting and breeding new grape varieties Harold P. Olmo The first crosses to produce new grape varieties were made in 1931, 2 years after the University began the breeding project. During the past 50 years, over 300,000 vines of known parentage have been grown to the fruiting stage. The first new varieties were introduced in 1946.

Moschofilero (Greek Μοσχοφίλερο) is an aromatic white grape of Greek origins with a pink/purple skin and quite spicy flavor with good acidity. Grown throughout much of Greece and primarily in Peloponnese where it is traditionally used to make a dry …