Sussex, UK newbie

[winemaker81]

I would imagine that the presence of those varieties has something to do with the Norman Conquest.

Seyval Blanc is a French-American hybrid that was released in 1921. It's outlawed in the EU because it has non-Vinifera genes, but it is grown in England, the east coast USA, and Canada.

 

[Rocky]

Seyval Blanc is a French-American hybrid that was released in 1921. It's outlawed in the EU because it has non-Vinifera genes, but it is grown in England, the east coast USA, and Canada.

That would be quite a bit after 1066!