Zarya severa (Northern Lights) is a red grape variety.
The crossing took place at the Potapenko Viticulture Research Institute[1] in Rostov Oblast, Russia in 1936.
[2] Because of its high winter frost resistance as well as its resistance to downy mildew, this variety, often mentioned by breeders in Eastern Europe, became a major breeding stock in the search for new varieties.
[3] Zarya Severa is also a grandparent of the white grape Solaris, which is of great importance in the marginal areas of northern Europe.
Through the breeding of Gm 6494, Zarya Severa was likewise ancestral to the new varieties Bronner, Baron, Cabernet Carbon, and Prior.