Wine Variety: The name of this variety comes from its creator, Hermann Muller, and the canton in which it was created, Thurgau; it is a cross, created in 1882, of Riesling and Madeleine Royale. It has been further crossed to produce a number of other varieties, perhaps the most famous of which are Bacchus and Ortega. Confusingly, Muller-Thurgau was previously thought to be Riesling crossed with Silvaner and later, Riesling crossed with Chasselas?! It's a thin-skinned grape that gets affected by various moulds but it is now very widespread in the vineyards of the world.

Wine Region: We are in the South Tyrol here: that Germanic, mountainous part of northern Italy. The village of Andrian lies on the banks for the Adige river at 285 metres surrounded by orchards and forests.

Wine Producer: Kellerei Andrian (or Cantina Andriano in Italian) is a co-operative founded in 1893. Since 2008 is has worked under the auspices of the brilliant Terlan winery.

 Featured as Wine of the Week on JoannaSimon.com, 17/09/2020