Thursday 21 January 2010

Colombard

Colombard (kohl-om-bard) is a variety from the Bordeaux region of France. Although it has fallen from favour in France in recent years, with a decline in plantings, it has seen a remarkable expansion in California, where the plantings are about 14 200 ha. It is also grown in South Africa.There were a number of introductions into Australia from California and in 2003 the planted area of Colombard here was 2700 ha.