AMPELOS, STANICE VINAŘSKÁ ZNOJMO, s.r.o. is the oldest breeding station in the Czech Republic and one of the oldest in the world. It was founded in 1985. AMPELOS in Vrbovec continues breeding even today. It is engaged in the breeding of new grape varieties that would be early and give grapes with high sugar content. AMPELOS is carrying out maintenance breeding of 30 grape varieties on its land. There is also a national vine gene pool.
Pinot Gris is known all over the world. Pinot comes from the French pin as the pine cone resembles the shape of a pinot grape. Pinot Gris is also interesting by the fact that although it is a white wine, the color of the grape is almost blue, more precisely gray-blue-red. It is widespread in all sub-areas, mostly in the Velkopavlovice region.