Although the vine is resistant of many mildew diseases, is productive and vigorous, the fruit suffers susceptibility from bunch rot and bird attack.

[3] Aurore was created by the French viticulturist Albert Seibel, working from grapes varieties grown at his nursery and vineyard in Aubenas, Ardèche in the Rhône Valley.

Seibel named the variety after Aurora,[2] the Roman goddess of the dawn who according to legend would announce the arrival of the sun every morning.

The name Aurora, itself, is derived from the Latin word for dawn and is today still used as a synonym for Aurore.

[1] Aurore was first introduced to the United States, via Ellis Island, in the 1940s and from New York spread throughout the country.

Aurore is known to be a very vigorous and productive vine, capable of producing high yields and expansive foliage if not kept in check with winter pruning and summer leaf-pulling.

[1] The smooth leaves of the vine also makes it susceptible to angular leaf scorch as well as infestation from the invasive Japanese beetle.

[1] Aurore is used to produce a wide range of both blended and varietal white wine styles at a variety of sweetness levels from dry to off-dry.

[1] This "foxy" aroma note tends to be more pronounced from examples produced in the eastern United States than in the west.

[6] Aurore is often confused with a South American table grape known as Aurora that was produced at the Instituto Agronomico de Campinas in Brazil.