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3 unusual facts about Pierre Viala


Bariadorgia

While Bariadorgia was first mentioned in 1822 growing in the commune of Sartène on Corsica under the synonym Carcajola, ampelographers such as Gustave Foëx of the Viticultural College at the University of Montpellier and colleague of Pierre Viala have speculated since at least the early 20th century that grape was likely introduced from neighboring Sardinia.

Camaraou noir

The first mention that was definitively of Camaraou noir was in Viala & Vermorel catalogue of grape varieties produced from 1901-1910 by the French ampelographers Pierre Viala and Victor Vermorel.

Mornen noir

In 1902, L. Rougier, an ampelographer writing for Pierre Viala and Victor Vermorel's catalog of grape varieties speculated that Mornen noir was indigenous to the western Rhône-Alpes region in the area between the Rhone and upper Loire rivers.



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