Note that the vines the name refers to could also have been blackcurrant. Even today, blackcurrant is called "Vinbär" ("wine-berry") in Swedish. In the north of Germany the name Weinbeere has been used to refer to blackcurrant, since the Middle Ages.The terms Meertrübli or Trübli (small grape) is still present in some southern German dialects, to refer to blackcurrant.