Varietals
| Abouriou (France) | Abouriou is a red wine grape grown primarily in South West France and, in small quantities, in California. It is a blending grape that along with Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Fer, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Gamay is used to make the French w... |
| Acolon (Germany) | Acolon is a German wine grape variety. It is a crossing between Blauer Lemberger (Blaufränkisch) and Dornfelder. It was created in 1971 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau in Weinsberg (nr. Württemberg), Germany. T... |
| Adakarası (Turkey) | Adakarası, is a Turkey origin of red grape variety. Its famous production place is Avşa Island but the grape variety of Adakara produces in all Marmara Region (especially Marmara coast and East Thrace). The wine has an alcohol ratio approximately ... |
| Agh Shani (Azerbaijan) | Agh Shani is a light yellow-skinned white table grape that have also been exported and are grown in various regions of Azerbaijan and in Derbend, Astrakhan and Volgograd, Russia. |
| Agiorgitiko (Greece) | Agiorgitiko is one of the two widely-grown heat-resistant Greek wine-making grape varieties, the other being Xynomavro. It is a red variety that has traditionally been grown in the Nemea region of the Peloponnese. It is one of the more commerciall... |
| Aglianico (Greece) | Aglianico is a black grape grown in the Basilicata and Campania regions of Italy. The vine originated in Greece and was brought to the south of Italy by Greek settlers. The name may be a corruption of Vitis hellenica, Latin for "Greek vine". Anoth... |
| Aidani (Greece) | Aidini (also spelled Aidani and Aedani) is a white Greek wine grape variety that is grown primarily on the island of Santorini but it can also be found on other Greek isles in the Aegean Sea. The grape is known for its floral aroma and is used mai... |
| Airén (Spain) | Airén is a variety of Vitis vinifera, a white grape commonly used in winemaking. This grape is native to Spain where it represents about 30% of all grapes grown. As of 2004, Airén was estimated to be the world's most grown grape variety in terms o... |
| Alarije (Spain) | Alarije is a minor variety of white wine grape from Spain. It is most often used in blends. Alarije is thought to originate in Spain. DNA evidence suggests that it is part of the Malvasia family. |
| Albalonga (Germany) | |
| Albana (Italy) | Albana is a white Italian wine grape planted primarily in the Emilia-Romagna region. |
| Albarello (Spain) | Albarello is an ancient white grape that is found in very small quantities in Ribera del Ulla, Galicia, Spain. Although similar in name, it is different from Albariño. It produces very aromatic wines. |
| Albariño (Portugal) | Albariño is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain), Monção and Melgaço (northwest Portugal), where it is used to make varietal white wines. Albariño is actually the Galician name for the grape. In Portugal it is known ... |
| Albarola (Italy) | Albarola is a white Italian wine grape variety grown in the northwest Italy. It is most commonly found in the Liguria region where producers in the Cinqueterre Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) use it as a blending component. Wine expert ... |
| Albillo (Spain) | Albillo or Albillo Real is a white Spanish wine grape planted primarily in the Ribera del Duero region, and also in Madrid, Ávila and Galicia. The grape has mostly neutral flavors with a light perfume aroma. It has a high glycerol index which conf... |
| Aleatico (Italy) | Aleatico is a red wine grape. Ampelographers suspect that Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains may be a mutation of the Aleatico cultivar. Aleatico is notable for being the primary grape in the cult wine Aleatico di Portoferraio made in Elba. It is grown ... |
| Alexandrouli (Georgia) | Alexandrouli is a red grape variety grown in the country of Georgia. |
| Alfrocheiro Preto (Portugal) | |
| Alicante Bouschet (France) | |
| Alicante Ganzin (France) | |
| Aligoté (France) | Aligoté is a white grape used to make dry white wines in the Burgundy region of France, and which also has significant plantings in much of Eastern Europe including Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria. With 45,000 hectares (110,000 acre... |
| Altesse (France) | Altesse or Roussette is a white French wine grape variety found primarily in the Savoy wine region of France. It yields small harvests and ripens late but is resistant to grey rot. Wines made from Altesse have exotic aromas, often together with ci... |
| Alvarelhão (Portugal) | |
| Amigne (Switzerland) | Amigne is a white Swiss wine grape planted primarily in the Valais region, with most of the plantations in Vetroz. Total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at 43 hectares (110 acres). The grape can make rich, full bodied wines. Dry ... |
| Ancellotta (Italy) | |
| Ansonica (Italy) | Ansonica or Inzolia is a white Italian wine grape planted primarily in western Sicily where it can be used to produce Marsala wine. The grape is noted for its nutty aroma. In Tuscany, the grape is known as Ansonica. |
| Aragnan Blanc (France) | Aragnan blanc (also spelled as Araignan blanc) is a white French wine grape variety found primarily in southeastern France where it is a permitted grape variety in the white wines of the Palette Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) near Provence.... |
| Aramon (Spain) | |
| Arbane (France) | Arbane or Arbanne is a white variety of grape used in wine. Arbane is historically a variety of the Aube region of France, which is part of the production region for Champagne, but has all but disappeared from the vineyards with only 1 hectare (2.... |
| Arbois (France) | Arbois or Arbois Blanc is a white French wine grape variety planted primarily in the Loire regions. Despite being a minor grape, in the late 20th century it was the third most widely planted grape variety in the Loir-et-Cher département which incl... |
| Argant (Spain) | |
| Arinto (Portugal) | Arinto or Arinto de Bucelas is a white Portuguese wine grape planted primarily in the Bucelas, Tejo and Vinho Verde regions. It can produce high acid wines with lemon notes. |
| Arneis (Italy) | Arneis is a white Italian wine grape variety originating from Piedmont, Italy. It is most commonly found in the hills of the Roero, northwest of Alba, where it is part of the white Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wines of Roero. It can ... |
| Arnsburger (Germany) | Arnsburger is a white variety of grape used for wine. It was created 1939 by Heinrich Birk (1898-1973) at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute by crossing two clones of Riesling, clone 88 and clone 64. Arnsburger did not receive varietal protec... |
| Arrufiac (France) | Arrufiac (or Arrufiat) is a white French wine grape variety that is primarily planted in the Gascony region of South West France. It is a secondary grape in the wines from the Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC). While the ... |
| Aspiran Noir (France) | |
| Aspirinio Bianco (Italy) | Asprinio bianco is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in southwest Italy around the Naples region of Campania. It is currently not believed to be related to the similarly named French wine grape of the Languedoc region, Aspiran. In... |
| Assyrtiko (Greece) | Assyrtiko or Asyrtiko is a white Greek wine grape indigenous to the island of Santorini. Assyrtiko is widely planted in the arid volcanic-ash-rich soil of Santorini and other Aegean islands, such as Paros. It is also found on other scattered regio... |
| Athiri (Greece) | Athiri or Athiri Aspro is a white Greek wine grape used to make Retsina on the island of Rhodes. The grape is noted for its lemon character and in other parts of Greece it is often blended with Assyrtiko. In other areas it is blended with Vilan... |
| Aubin Blanc (France) | Aubin Blanc (or simply Aubin) is a white wine grape from the upper reaches of the Moselle valley in eastern France. DNA fingerprinting has shown that Aubin is the result of a cross between Gouais Blanc and Savagnin. Gouais Blanc was widely grow... |
| Aubin Vert (France) | Aubin Vert is a white wine grape cultivar grown in the Lorraine region of France.[1] Small vineyards are found in Bulligny, Bruley, Pagney and Rozérieulles. Within the last century, it has also been grown in Thiaucourt-Regniéville, d'Euvezin and M... |
| Aubun (France) | |
| Azal Tinto (Portugal) | |
| Baboso negro (Spain) | |
| Bacchus (Germany) | The Bacchus is a white wine grape that was created by viticulturalist Peter Morio at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding in the Palatinate in 1933. He crossed a Silvaner x Riesling cross with Müller-Thurgau. Bacchus received varietal pr... |
| Bachet Noir (France) | |
| Baco Blanc (France) | Baco Blanc or Baco 22A is a French-American hybrid grape variety. It is a cross of Folle Blanche and the Noah grape, created in the 1898 by the grape breeder François Baco. Folle Blanche is its Vitis vinifera parent. Noah, its other parent, is its... |
| Baga (Portugal) | |
| Barbaroux (France) | |
| Barbera (Italy) | |
| Baroque (France) | Baroque (often spelled Barroque) is a white French wine grape planted primarily in South West France around the Tursan region. It can make full bodied wines with nutty flavors. Ampelographers suspect that the grape maybe a crossing of Folle Blanch... |
| Bastardo (France) | |
| Bǎtuta Neagră (Moldova) | |
| Beaunoir (France) | |
| Bellone (Italy) | |
| Béquignol (France) | |
| Biancolella (Italy) | Biancolella is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is a permitted grape in a few Campanian Denominazione di origine controllatas (DOCs) but is used mostly as a blending variety. |
| Bical (Portugal) | Bical is a white Portuguese wine grape planted primarily in the Bairrada region. It can produce high acid wines and is often used in sparkling wine production. |
| Black Muscat (Germany) | |
| Blatina | |
| Blauburger (Austria) | |
| Blauer Portugieser (Austria) | |
| Blaufränkisch (Austria) | |
| Boal (Portugal) | Boal is a name given to several varieties of grape cultivated in Portugal, notably in the production of medium-rich fortified wines from Madeira Island. On many wine labels of Madeira wine, the variety's name is anglicized as Bual. Madeira from Bu... |
| Bobal (Spain) | |
| Boğazkere (Turkey) | |
| Bogdanuša (Croatia) | Bogdanuša is a white grape variety, which is grown on the Croatian island of Hvar, where it originated on the Stari Grad Plain. Wines from this grape tend to be dry with a green-yellow to golden color and from 12% alcohol on up. Premium quality... |
| Bombino Bianco (Italy) | Bombino Bianco is a white Italian wine grape variety planted primarily along Italy's Adriatic coast line, most notably in Apulia. The vine is prone to high yields. |
| Bonarda (Argentina) | |
| Bondola (Switzerland) | |
| Borba Blanca (Spain) | Borba Blanca is a white Spanish wine grape variety grown primarily in the Extremadura region of south central Spain. According to wine expert Jancis Robinson, the grape is of average to low quality and notable mostly for the high productivity and ... |
| Bosco (Italy) | Bosco is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown predominately in the Liguria region of northwest Italy. It is a permitted variety in the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wine of Cinque Terre where it is often the primary compon... |
| Bourboulenc (France) | Bourboulenc is a white wine grape variety primarily grown in southern France. The variety is found in the regions Southern Rhône, Provence and Languedoc. Bourboulenc is a late-ripening grape variety with tight bunches of large grapes, that can ... |
| Bouvier (Slovenia) | Bouvier is a white wine grape and table grape planted primarily in Central Europe-most notably Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia where it is also known as Ranina. In Austria, where it is grown on 365 hectares (900 acres), Bouvier is prima... |
| Bovale (Italy) | |
| Brachetto (Italy) | |
| Braquet (France) | |
| Breidecker (Germany) | Breidecker is white variety of grape. It is a hybrid grape, an interspecific crossing (Riesling × Silvaner) × Seibel 7053. It can be used to make a German style light white wine with apple and pear flavors. "This cultivar was released by the Geise... |
| Bronner (Germany) | Bronner is a white grape variety used for wine. It was bred in 1975 by Norbert Becker at the viticultural institute in Freiburg, Germany. The variety was initially known under its breeding code FR 250-75, and was later named in honour of Johann Ph... |
| Brun Argenté (France) | |
| Brun Fourca (France) | |
| Bukettraube (Germany) | Bukettraube is a variety of white grape of German origin. Sebastian Englerth is supposed to have created it in Randersacker in the 19th century, although an Alsatian origin has also been claimed. It may also be known as Bouquettraube, although thi... |
| Burger (France) | Burger is a white wine grape of French origin, today planted primarily in the Central Valley. Its French name is Monbadon. In the early history of Californian wine, Burger was a majority variety but its influence has steadily decreased and now ... |
| Busuioacă de Bohotin (Romania) | |
| Cabernet Dorsa (Germany) | |
| Cabernet Franc (France) | |
| Cabernet Gernischt (China) | |
| Cabernet Mitos (Germany) | |
| Cabernet Sauvignon (France) | |
| Caiño Tinto (Spain) | |
| Calabrese Montenuovo (Italy) | |
| Caladoc (France) | |
| Calitor (France) | |
| Çalkarası (Turkey) | Çal Karası ("Çal Black") is a variety of red wine grape from the Çal district of the Denizli Province of western Turkey. It also gives its name to a wine produced from the grape, which is sweet with berry fruit flavours. |
| Camaralet (France) | Camaralet is a white French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in Southwest France. While historically known for its strong aromatics and flavor profile, the grape has been declining in importance and planting and is now nearly extinct. |
| Canaiolo (Italy) | |
| Canaiolo Bianco (Italy) | A white sub-variety exist, known as Canaiolo Bianco, which is a permitted grape variety in the Umbrian wine region of Orvieto where is known as Drupeggio. In recent years plantings have been declining. |
| Carignan (Spain) | |
| Carignan Blanc (France) | Carignan Blanc is a white wine grape from France. It is a mutation of Carignan Gris, which in turn is a mutation of Carignan. It is found primarily in the Roussillon region. |
| Carménère (France) | |
| Cassady (United States) | Cassady is a grape variety which is greenish-white in color. It is related to the "Fox Grape", Vitis labrusca, and it is an offspring of an open pollination variant of V. labrusca, which means that it is classified as an interspecific crossing, a ... |
| Castets (France) | |
| Catarratto (Italy) | Catarratto is a white Italian wine grape planted primarily in Sicily where it is the most widely planted grape. Overproduction in recent years has led to this grape being a substantial contributor to the European wine lake problem. Catarratto can ... |
| Catawba (United States) | |
| Cayetana (Spain) | Cayetana or Cayetana Blanca is a white Spanish wine grape. It is grown mainly in the south of Spain, especially in the Denominación de Origen of Montilla-Moriles and in the region of Extremadura and in the Jerez region where it is often distilled ... |
| Cereza (Argentina) | Cereza is a white Argentine wine grape variety. Like Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris, Cereza is a pink skinned variety. It is a crossing of Muscat of Alexandria and Listan Negro. Like Criolla Grande, Pais and the Spanish Mission grape that was wi... |
| Cesanese Comune (Italy) | |
| César (France) | |
| Chancellor (France) | |
| Charbono (France) | |
| Chardonnay (France) | Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new and developing wine regions, gro... |
| Chasan (France) | Chasan is a white French wine grape variety grown primarily in the Languedoc wine region. According to the Vitis International Variety Catalogue, the variety is a crossing of Listan and Pinot. However, some sources (such as wine experts Jancis Rob... |
| Chasselas (Switzerland) | Chasselas or Chasselas Blanc is a wine grape variety grown in Switzerland, France, Germany, Portugal, Baja Norte, Mexico, Hungary and New Zealand. Theories of its origin vary. Pierre Galet believes it is a native Swiss variety. Widely grown in... |
| Chenel (South Africa) | Chenel is a white South African wine grape variety that was produced by a crossing of Chenin blanc and Trebbiano. The variety was produced in the late 20th century for viticultural purposes and its resistance to various grape rots. |
| Chenin Blanc (France) | Chenin blanc (known also as Pineau de la Loire among other names), is a white wine grape variety from the Loire valley of France. Its high acidity means it can be used to make everything from sparkling wines to well-balanced dessert wines, althoug... |
| Cienna (Australia) | |
| Ciliegiolo (Italy) | |
| Cinsaut (France) | |
| Clairette Blanche (France) | Clairette blanche is a white wine grape variety most widely grown in the wine regions of Provence, Rhône and Languedoc in France. At the end of the 1990s, there were 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of Clairette Blanche grown in France, although volum... |
| Claverie (France) | Claverie is a white French wine grape variety that was once widely planted in the Landes region by Dutch traders who prized the varieties ability to produce wines with high alcohol levels. Today the variety exist in small isolated plantings in Sou... |
| Cococciola (Italy) | Cococciola is a white Italian wine grape variety that is was one of the few Italian grape varieties to have expanded in plantings in the late 20th century when measures to combat Europe's wine lake and the general decline of viticulture saw the nu... |
| Coda di Volpe (Italy) | Coda di Volpe is a white Italian wine grape variety that has been historically grown in the Campania region around the town of Naples. It is often confused with another white Italian wine grape, Emilia, that share many of the same synonyms as Coda... |
| Colombard (France) | Colombard is an early fruiting white variety of wine grape, better known as French Colombard in North America. It is possibly the offspring of Gouais Blanc and Chenin Blanc. In France it was traditionally grown in the Charentes and Gascony for ... |
| Colorino (Italy) | |
| Completer (Switzerland) | Completer or Malanstraube is a white Swiss wine grape variety grown primarily in eastern Switzerland around Graubünden. The Completer vine was once domesticated but has now become mostly feral though some Swiss winemakers will make limited quantit... |
| Complexa (Portugal) | |
| Cornalin d'Aoste (Italy) | |
| Cornifesto (Portugal) | |
| Cortese (Italy) | Cortese is a white Italian wine grape variety predominantly grown in the southeastern regions of Piedmont in the provinces of Alessandria and Asti. It is the primary grape of the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wines of Cortese dell'Alt... |
| Corvina (Italy) | |
| Counoise (France) | |
| Courbu Blanc (France) | Courbu Blanc is found primarily in the Basque areas, such as Irouléguy AOC. It is similar to Petit Courbu, but has darker young leaves. It is known under the synonyms Bordeleza Zuria, Chacoli Zuria, Cougnet, Courbeau, Courbi Blanc, Courbies, Co... |
| Courbu Noir (France) | Courbu Noir is a speciality of Béarn, but is now almost extinct. It is known under the synonyms Courbu Rouge and Dolceolo. |
| Criolla Grande (Argentina) | |
| Croatina (Italy) | Croatina is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Oltrepò Pavese region of Lombardy and in the Province of Piacenza within Emilia Romagna, but also in parts of Piedmont and the Veneto. In the Oltrepò Pavese, in the hills ... |
| Crouchen (France) | Crouchen or Crouchen Blanc is a variety of white grape. It has its origins in France, although it is now rarely grown there. Instead, it is more commonly found in Australia, where it is often referred to as "Clare Riesling", and in South Africa, w... |
| Cserszegi Fűszeres (Hungary) | Cserszegi Fűszeres is a white Hungarian grape variety. It is named after its place of origin: Cserszegtomaj at Keszthely. The white Cserszegi Fűszeres is a cross between the Irsai Olivér and Roter Traminer, a member of the Traminer family close... |
| Debina (Greece) | Debina is a white Greek wine grape grape primarily in the Zitsa region of Epirus. The grape's high acidity lends itself to sparkling wine production. |
| Debit (Croatia) | Debit is a white wine grape grown primarily along the Northern & Central Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. The fruit are medium sized golden yellow color and in clusters of medium size or large. Although considered a native variety, the old name of "... |
| Dimiat (Bulgaria) | Dimiat is a white Bulgarian wine grape. It is one of Bulgaria's most widely planted white grape varieties, second only to Rkatsiteli. Wines made from this variety are noted for their perfume aromas. While some ampelographers believe that the varie... |
| Dinka (Hungary) | Dinka or Kövidinka is a white Hungarian wine grape grape. There is also significant plantings near the Hungarian border in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. |
| Dobričić (Croatia) | Dobričić is an ancient red wine grape variety from the island of Šolta off the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. It is one parent of the Plavac Mali red wine grape variety; the other one is Zinfandel, a grape variety also known as Crljenak Kaštelanski i... |
| Dolcetto (Italy) | Dolcetto is a black wine grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. The Italian word dolcetto means "little sweet one", but it is not certain that the name originally carried any reference to the grape’s sugar levels: it... |
| Domina (Germany) | Domina is a dark-skinned variety of grape used for red wine. It was created by German viticulturalist Peter Morio at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding in the Palatinate in 1927 by crossing the varieties Blauer Portugieser and Pinot No... |
| Doña Blanca (Spain) | Doña Blanca (also known as Doña Branco) is a white Spanish and Portuguese wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the northwest Galicia region of Spain and throughout Portugal from the Douro northward. The variety is a permitted grape in the... |
| Doradillo (Spain) | Doradillo is a white wine grape grape grown primarily in the Riverland region of South Australia.[1] It originates from Spain, and is also known as Blanquette of South Australia. |
| Dornfelder (Germany) | Dornfelder is a dark-skinned variety of grape of German origin used for red wine. It was created by August Herold (1902-1973) at the grape breeding institute in Weinsberg in the Württemberg region in 1955. Herold crossed the grape varieties Helfen... |
| Drnekuša (Croatia) | Drnekuša is an ancient red wine grape variety from the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. Rarely found, when it is grown, it is typically blended with Plavac Mali, giving a deep, ruby coloration typically to when Syrah is used as a blend. On the island o... |
| Dunkelfelder (Germany) | Dunkelfelder is a dark-skinned variety of grape used for red wine. It was created by German viticulturalist Gustav Adolf Froelich (1847-1912). He probably crossed Färbertraube (a teinturier) with Blauer Portugieser. The variety, initially called F... |
| Duras (France) | Duras is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is mostly grown around the Tarn River, northeast of Toulouse. It is usually blended with other traditional varieties, but production has been declining in recent years. Despite the name ... |
| Durella (Italy) | Durella or Durello is an Italian indigenous white wine grape originating from the province of Veneto. Today it is sparsely cultivated though some producers like to experiment with it since its high acid levels makes it suitable for sparkling wines. |
| Dureza (France) | Dureza is a dark-skinned grape variety from the Ardèche region in France. It has been used for production of red wine, but is hardly grown any more; it is not part of the list of the allowed grape varieties of any French wine appellation, and in 1... |
| Durif (France) | Durif is a variety of red wine grape primarily grown in California, Australia, France, and Israel. Since the end of the 20th century, wineries located in Washington's Yakima River Valley, Maryland, Arizona, West Virginia, Chile, Mexico's Baja Peni... |
| Ehrenbreitsteiner (Germany) | Ehrenbreitsteiner is a white wine grape variety of German origin. It was created by Helmut Becker at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 1964, by crossing the varieties Ehrenfelser and Reichensteiner. It was granted plant variety rights in ... |
| Ehrenfelser (Germany) | Ehrenfelser is a white wine grape variety of German origin. It was created by Dr. Heinrich Birk (1898-1973) at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 1929, by crossing the varieties Riesling and Silvaner, with the identification of Silvaner be... |
| Elbing (Germany) | Elbling is a variety of white grape (sp. Vitis vinifera) which today is primarily grown in the upstream parts of the Mosel region in Germany and in Luxembourg, the vineyards of which are also located along Moselle River. The variety has a long his... |
| Emperor (Australia) | Emperor is a red Australian wine grape variety that is mainly grown as a table grape in South Australia and New South Wales but can be a blending component to fill out red blends. It is particularly well suited for hot climate viticulture. |
| Encruzado (Portugal) | Encruzado is a white Portuguese wine grape grape grown primarily in the Dão DOC. It is mainly used as a blending grape. It is also known as Salgueirinho. |
| Erbaluce (Italy) | Erbaluce or Erbaluce Bianca is a white Italian wine grape grown primarily in the Piedmont region around Caluso. In addition to dry table wines, it is used to make sweet wines passito with deep golden coloring. The grape has a long history in the P... |
| Espadeiro (Portugal) | Espadeiro is a red Portuguese wine grape planted primarily in the Minho region for making Vinho Verde. It is also grown across the border, in Spain, in Galicia where it is used to make light bodied wines. Rather than being a single grape variety, ... |
| Étraire de la Dui (France) | Étraire de la Dui (also known simply as Étraire) is a red French wine grape variety that was historically grown in the Rhone and Savoy wine regions. Its numbers were hit hard following the phylloxera epidemic and now only a few plantings remain in... |
| Ezerjó (Hungary) | Ezerjó is a white Hungarian wine grape grown primarily in the Mór region. It is used to make sweet dessert wines. |
| Fer (France) | Fer (also known as Fer Servadou, Pinenc, Mansois and several other synonyms) is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in South West France and is most notable for its role in the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wines of Gai... |
| Fetească Neagră (Romania) | Fetească Neagră is an old pre-phylloxeric variety of Romanian - Moldovan grape, cultivated mainly in several areas in the Romanian regions of Moldavia and Muntenia and also in the Republic of Moldova. These grapes produce dry, semi-dry or sweet wi... |
| Flora (United States) | The white Flora is a California wine grape. It is a crossing of Semillon and Gewürztraminer, both Vitis vinifera varieties, and it was created in 1938 by Harold P. Olmo at the California Agricultural Experiment Station. |
| Flora (United States) | The red Flora is an interspecific hybrid between V. vinifera and Vitis labrusca, and it was created in 1850 by A. M. Spangler. |
| Fortana (Italy) | Fortana is a red Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Emilia–Romagna region of northern Italy. A permitted grape variety in several Denominazione di origine controllatas (DOCs), mostly in Emilia, Fortana mostly contributes tartness an... |
| Frappato di Vittoria (Italy) | Frappato di Vittoria or Frappato is a red Italian wine grape variety planted primarily in Sicily. As a varietal, Frappato produces light bodied wines with a distinct grapey aroma. It is most commonly seen as a component of Sicily's only DOCG wine,... |
| Freisa (Italy) | Freisa is a red Italian wine grape variety grown in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, primarily in Monferrato and in the Langhe, but also further north in the provinces of Turin and Biella. Freisa is a vigorous and productive vine whose rou... |
| Frontenac (United States) | Frontenac is a French-American hybrid grapevine that is a result of research and cross-breeding by the University of Minnesota. It was grown from a crossing of the complex interspecific hybrid Landot 4511 and a very cold hardy selection of Vitis r... |
| Frontenac Gris (United States) | Frontenac gris is a white wine version of Frontenac, introduced in 2003. It started as a single bud mutation of Frontenac, yielding gray (thus named gris) fruit and amber-colored juice. |
| Frühroter Veltliner (Austria) | Frühroter Veltliner is a variety of early-ripening, red-skinned white wine grape grown primarily in the Weinviertel district of Lower Austria. It accounts for 1.3% of total Austrian vineyards and is diminishing. Frühroter Veltliner is not at all r... |
| Fuella (France) | Fuella is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Bellet region near Nice. It is considered one of the oldest vines in southeastern France and produces wines that are deep colored and reflective of their terroir. It is often made into rosés. |
| Fumin (Italy) | Fumin is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Valle d'Aosta region of northwest Italy. According to wine expert Jancis Robinson, the grape is "tough" and used primarily as a blending grape in the Denominazione di origine... |
| Gaglioppo (Italy) | Gaglioppo is a red wine grape that is grown in southern Italy, primarily around Calabria. The vine performs well in drought conditions but is susceptible to oidium and peronospera. The grape produces wine that is full-bodied, high in alcohol and t... |
| Gamaret (Switzerland) | Gamaret is a variety of red wine grape. It was created by André Jaquinet at Station Fédérale de Recherches en Production Végétale de Changins in 1970 by crossing Gamay and Reichensteiner. Gamaret was developed for cultivation in French Switzerland... |
| Gamay (France) | Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours. Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. It is a very old cultivar, mentioned as long ago as the 15th century. I... |
| Garanoir (Switzerland) | Garanoir is a variety of red wine grape. It was created by André Jaquinet and Dominique Maigre at Station Fédérale de Recheres en Production Végétale de Changins in 1970 by crossing Gamay and Reichensteiner. Garanoir was developed for cultivation ... |
| Girò (Italy) | Girò is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown on Sardinia and used mostly in the production of fortified wines. Wine historians and ampelographers have speculated that the grape has Spanish origins and may have been brought to Sardinia in... |
| Graciano (Spain) | Graciano is a Spanish red wine grape that is grown primarily in Rioja. The vine produces a low yield that are normally harvested in late October. The wine produces is characterized by its deep red color, strong aroma and ability to age well. Graci... |
| Grand Noir de la Calmette (France) | Grand Noir de la Calmette is a red wine hybrid grape created by Henri Bouschet as a cross between Aramon and Petit Bouschet. The grape was named after the breeding station it was developed at, Domaine de la Calmette. The grape acts as a teinturier... |
| Grapput (France) | Grapput is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in Gironde and after Ugni Blanc and Merlot it is one of the more planted varieties in the region. Platings have declined in recent years as the vine has shown high sensitivity to downy mildew and... |
| Grenache (Spain) | Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grape varieties in the world. It ripens late, so it needs hot, dry conditions such as those found in Spain, the south of France, and California's San Joaquin Valley. It is generally spicy, berry-... |
| Grignolino (Italy) | Grignolino is a red Italian wine grape variety commonly grown in the Piedmont region. It makes light colored wines and rosés with very fruity aromas, strong acidity and tannins. The name Grignolino derives from the word grignole which means "many ... |
| Grolleau (France) | Grolleau or Grolleau Noir is a red French wine grape variety grown primarily in the Loire Valley of France. The name is derived from the French word grolle, meaning "crow" and is said to reflect the deep black berries of the Grolleau vine. The gra... |
| Gropello (Italy) | Gropello is a red Italian wine grape variety planted primarily in the Lombardy region. |
| Gros Verdot (France) | Gros Verdot is a red wine grape that originated in the Gironde region of France. Despite the similar name, ampelographers believe there is no relation between this grape and Petit Verdot. The grape is not widely cultivated with some plantings in F... |
| Helfensteiner (Germany) | |
| Heroldrebe (Germany) | |
| Joubertin (France) | |
| Kadarka (Hungary) | |
| Kalecik Karası (Turkey) | |
| Kotsifali (Greece) | |
| Kratosija (Macedonia) | |
| Lagrein (Italy) | |
| Lambrusco (Italy) | |
| Liatiko (Greece) | |
| Limnio (Greece) | |
| Listán Negro (Spain) | |
| Madrasa (Azerbaijan) | Madrasa is a pink-skinned red grape variety cultivated in the southern Caucasus at least since the nineteenth century, in particular in Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as several Central Asia countries. Most plantings of Madrasa are found near the... |
| Magarach Ruby (Crimea) | Magarach Ruby or Rubinovyi Magarcha is a red Crimean wine grape variety that is a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Saperavi. The crossing was carried out at the Magarach viticultural institute at Yalta, Crimea in 1928 in what was then the Soviet... |
| Magliocco Canino (Italy) | Magliocco Canino is a red Italian wine grape variety that is predominately grown in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is often used as a blending grape, often with Gaglioppo of which the varieties are often confused. In the late 20th centu... |
| Malbec (France) | Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are long known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. The French plantations of Malbec are no... |
| Mammolo (Italy) | Mammolo is a red Italian wine grape that is planted primarily in Tuscany. While its use has been diminishing, Mammolo was historically included in the blended Sangiovese-based wines of Chianti where it contributed a distinctive violet or mammole a... |
| Mandilaria (Greece) | Mandilaria is a red Greek wine grape variety that is grown throughout the Greek Isles. The grape is often used as a blending component, producing deeply colored wines that are light bodied. |
| Manseng Noir (France) | Manseng Noir is a wine grape variety of Basque origins that is grown primarily in South West France. It is allowed into Béarn AOC wine but very little used. Manseng Noir is deep in colour and tannic. Like Pinot noir and Muscat, the grape mutates ... |
| Maratheftiko (Cyprus) | Maratheftiko is an ancient grape variety indigenous to Cyprus. It is grown in sparse quantities around the island but mostly in the Pitsilia region. In the 1980s, with the revival of small boutique wineries in Cyprus this variety was rediscovered ... |
| Marselan (France) | Marselan is a French wine grape that is a cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache. It was first bred in 1961 near the French town of Marseillan. The vine is grown mostly in the Languedoc region with some plantings on Northern Coast of Califo... |
| Marzemino (Italy) | Marzemino is a red Italian wine grape that is primarily grown around Isera, south of Trentino. The wine is most noted for its mention in the opera Don Giovanni of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Versa il vino! Eccellente Marzemino!"). The vine ripens la... |
| Mavro (Cyprus) | Mavro is an indigenous red grape cultivated on the island of Cyprus. The grape takes its name from its dark colour. The Italian ampelographer, Count Giuseppe di Rovasenda refers to it in 1877 as Cipro Nero (Cyprus black). An ancient variety, its s... |
| Mavrodafni (CGreece) | Mavrodafni is both a black wine grape indigenous to the Achaia region in Northern Peloponnese, Greece, and the sweet, fortified wine produced from it. |
| Mavrud (Bulgaria) | Mavrud is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines, indigenous to the region of Thrace in Bulgaria. The grape has been described as a characterful, low-yielding, small-berried and late-ripening grape capable of... |
| Mencia (Spain) | Mencía is a Spanish grape variety primarily found in the northwestern part of the country. It is planted on over 9,100 hectares (22,000 acres), and it is primarily found in the Bierzo, Ribeira Sacra and Valdeorras regions. Most wines produced from... |
| Merlot (France) | Merlot is a darkly blue-coloured wine grape, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to derive from the Old French word for young blackbird, merlot, a diminutive of merle, the blackbird (Turdus meru... |
| Milgranet (France) | Milgranet is a red French wine grape variety that is predominantly grown in the Toulouse region of South West France. In addition to the red skin variety, there exist a rarer white skin clone known as Milgranet blanc that is often not seen in wine... |
| Mission (Spain) | Mission grapes are a variety of Vitis vinifera introduced from Spain to the western coasts of North and South America in the 16th century by Catholic New World missionaries for use in making sacramental, table, and fortified wines. |
| Molinara (Italy) | Molinara is a red Italian wine grape grown primarily in the Veneto region of north eastern Italy. It adds acidity to the blends Valpolicella and Bardolino made with Corvina and Rondinella. The wine's high propensity for oxidation, coupled with its... |
| Mondeuse Noire (France) | Mondeuse Noire is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Savoy region of France. The grape can also be found in Argentina, Australia, and California. The grape was hit hard during the phylloxera epidemic of the 19th century which nearly w... |
| Monica (Spain) | Monica is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in Sardinia and is one of the few grapes that wine regulations allow to appear on the wine label. The vine originated in Spain but is rarely grown there in recent times. The wine made from these g... |
| Montepulciano (Italy) | Montepulciano is a red Italian wine grape variety that is most noted for being the primary grape behind the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane (as well its larger DOC outside of Co... |
| Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (Italy) | Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is a red Italian wine made from the Montepulciano wine grape in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy. The wine was classified as Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) in 1968 with a separate Denominazione di origin... |
| Moreto (Portugal) | Moreto is a red Portuguese wine grape variety that is planted primarily in the Alentejo. As a varietal, the grape makes neutral wines. |
| Moristel (Spain) | Moristel is a minor Spanish red grape variety. It is mainly found in the autonomous region of Aragon and is one of the authorized varieties of the Somontano Denominación de Origen (DO). It has medium sized, compact bunches with medium sized, cylin... |
| Mourisco Tinto (Portugal) | Marufo or Mourisco Tinto is a red Portuguese wine grape that is planted primarily in the Douro DOC. It is a recommended grape in Port wine production. |
| Mourvèdre (Spain) | Mourvèdre is wine grape variety used to make both strong, dark red wines and rosés. It is an international variety grown in many regions around the world. Mourvèdre produces tannic wines that can be high in alcohol, and is most successful in Rh... |
| Mujuretuli (Georgia) | Mujuretuli is a red wine grape grown in Georgia. It is also known as Mudzhuretuli, Mudshuretuli and Keduretuli. |
| Muscardin (France) | Muscardin is a dark-skinned grape variety primarily found in the southern part of the Rhône region. It is primarily noted for being one of the thirteen grape varieties permitted in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. It is a very rare variety, an... |
| Nebbiolo (Italy) | Nebbiolo is a red Italian wine grape variety predominately associated with the Piedmont region where it makes the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara and Ghemme. Nebbiolo is thought to der... |
| Négrette (France) | Négrette is a dark red wine grape grown primarily in South West France in the region between Albi and Toulouse. It is a direct descendant of Mavro rootstock, a grape variety cultivated extensively on the island of Cyprus. |
| Negroamaro (italy) | Negroamaro, also Negro amaro, is a red wine grape variety native to southern Italy. It is grown almost exclusively in Puglia and particularly in Salento, the peninsula which can be visualised as the “heel” of Italy. The grape can produce wines ver... |
| Nerello Cappuccio (Italy) | Nerello is a name given to two varieties of red wine grapes that are grown primarily in Sicily and Sardinia. Nerello Mascalese, which is named after the Mascari plain in Catania where the grape is thought to have originated. It is widely used i... |
| Nerello Mascalese (Italy) | Nerello is a name given to two varieties of red wine grapes that are grown primarily in Sicily and Sardinia. Nerello Mascalese, which is named after the Mascari plain in Catania where the grape is thought to have originated. It is widely used i... |
| Nero d'Avola (Italy) | Nero d'Avola ("Black of Avola" in Italian) is "the most important red wine grape in Sicily" and is one of Italy's most important indigenous varieties. It is named after Avola in the far south of Sicily and its wines are compared to New World Shira... |
| Nielluccio (France) | Nielluccio is a red French wine grape variety that is widely planted on Corsica. It is the principal grape variety used in the production of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée AOC red wine Patrimonio, where it must by law make up 95% of the blend... |
| Öküzgözü (Turkey) | Öküzgözü is a Turkish grape variety and Turkish wine produced from this grape. The grape is one of the two native grape varieties of Elazığ province (the other one is Boğazkere), located on the Anatolian plateau at the north of the Taurus Mountain... |
| Pais (Chile) | Pais is a red wine grape that has played a prominent role in the Chilean wine industry. Up until the turn of the 21st century, it was Chile's most planted variety until it was overtaken by Cabernet Sauvignon. Today it is most commonly used in the ... |
| Pamid (Bulgaria) | Pamid is an old grape variety used for red wine. It has been cultivated in Bulgaria since the times of the ancient Thracians. In the past, it was the most widely spread Bulgarian variety, but today its plantations are highly limited. Pamid is also... |
| Papazkarası (Turkey) | Papazkarası, also Papaskara, is a Turkish grape variety and a Turkish wine grown in the Marmara and Central Anatolia regions of Turkey. This variety is used to make a red wine blend with Cinsaut. The wine has an alcohol ratio between 11 - 13%, and... |
| Parraleta (Spain) | The origin of Parraleta is uncertain, other than it seems to have appeared in Somontano. It was considered to be synonymous with Graciano, but this has been disproven, although there is sufficient similarity to suggest a possible parental relation... |
| Pelaverga (Italy) | Pelaverga is a red wine grape variety native to Piedmont. It is described as rare and pale, prone to make lightly sparkling, strawberry-flavoured wines. It may also be used as a table grape. |
| Peloursin (France) | Peloursin is wine grape best known for its crossing with Syrah to make the red wine grape Durif. The grape is believed to have originated in Isère from the northern Rhône-Alpes region. Today it can be found in some quantities in California and Vic... |
| Periquita (Portugal) | Periquita, also known as Castelão and João de Santarém, is a red wine grape found primarily in the south coastal regions but is grown all over Portugal and is sometimes used in Port wine production. The name is derived from the Portuguese term for... |
| Petit Courbu (France) | Petit Courbu is a white wine grape from Gascony with a long history in the region. It adds body and contributes aromas of citrus and honey to the wines. It is found in Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC and other appellations of the region. It is known ... |
| Petit Rouge (Italy) | Petit Rouge is a red Italian wine grape variety that ampelographers believe is indigenous to the Valle d'Aosta region of northwest Italy. However, there is some confusion about whether Petit Rouge is the same variety as the red Swiss wine grape Ro... |
| Petit Verdot (France) | Petit Verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends. It ripens much later than the other varieties in Bordeaux, often too late, so it fell out of favour in its home region. When it does ripen, it is added in sm... |
| Piedirosso (Italy) | Piedirosso is a red Italian wine grape variety that is planted primarily in the Campania region. The grape is considered a specialty of the region, being used to produce wines for local and tourist consumption. Its name "piedirosso" means "red fee... |
| Pignolo (Italy) | Pignolo is a red Italian wine grape grown predominantly in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. Believed to have been cultivated in the hills of Rosazzo, the grape is now a prominent variety in the Colli Orientali del Friuli Denomi... |
| Pineau d'Aunis (France) | Pineau d'Aunis, also known as Chenin noir, is a red wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Loire Valley around Anjou and Touraine. A favorite of Henry Plantagenet, wine made from the grape was first exported to England in the thirteenth... |
| Pinotage (South Africa) | Pinotage is a red wine grape that is South Africa's signature variety. It was bred there in 1925 as a cross between Pinot noir and Cinsaut (Cinsaut was known as Hermitage in South Africa during that time, hence the portmanteau name of Pinotage). I... |
| Pinot Meunier (France) | Pinot Meunier, also known as Meunier or Black Riesling, is a variety of black wine grape most noted for being one of the three main grapes used in the production of champagne (the other two are the black Pinot noir and the white Chardonnay). Until... |
| Pinot Noir (France) | Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for "pine" and "black" alluding to the grape variety's... |
| Pinot Noir Précoce (France) | Pinot noir précoce or, as it is called in parts of Germany, Frühburgunder is a dark, blue-black, -skinned, variety of grape used for wine, and is a form or mutation of Pinot noir which differs essentially by ripening earlier than normal (thus the ... |
| Plantet (France) | Plantet is a red wine grape variety that was one of the hybrid grape created by French physician and grape breeder Albert Seibel. While the exact parentage of the grape is unknown, the most popular theories has it as a cross of two Seibel grapes, ... |
| Plavac Mali (Croatia) | Plavac Mali, a cross between ancestral Zinfandel (known locally in Croatian as Crljenak Kaštelanski) and Dobričić grapes, is the primary red wine grape grown along the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The name refers to the small blue grapes that the v... |
| Portan (France) | Portan is a red French wine grape that is planted primarily in the Languedoc. The grape is a crossing of Grenache and Portugais, being breed with the aim of ripening more reliably than Grenache. |
| Poulsard (France) | Poulsard (also Ploussard) is a red French wine grape variety from the Jura wine region. The name Ploussard is used mainly around the town of Pupillin but can appear on wine labels throughout Jura as an authorized synonyms. While technically a dark... |
| Prieto Picudo (Spain) | Prieto Picudo is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in Spain. It is a grape of Valdevimbre, in León, Spain. Valdevimbre is an international place of wines. The Prieto Picudo is sometimes blended with the grape Mencia and as a varietal it pro... |
| Prokupac (Serbia) | Prokupac is a red Serbian wine grape that is often used to produce darkly colored rosé. The grape is noted for the high sugar levels it can achieve prior to harvest and the high levels of alcohol it can produce following fermentation. |
| Raboso (Italy) | Raboso is a red wine grape grown primarily in northeastern Italy around Veneto. It produces deep-colored wine, with notably high levels of tannin but low alcohol content. The vine ripens late, producing good yields with high resistance to fungal d... |
| Ramisco (Portugal) | Ramisco is a red Portuguese wine grape variety that is planted primarily in the Colares DOC. As a varietal Ramisco produces very tannic and astringent wines. |
| Refosco (Italy) | Refosco is a very old Italian family of dark-skinned grape varieties native to the northern Italian areas of Friuli, Gavi, Trentino, Istria, and Karst Plateau. It is considered autochthonous in these regions. The wines this grape yields can be ... |
| Roesler (Austria) | Roesler is a red Austrian wine grape developed in 1970 by Dr. Gertraud Mayer at Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und das Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau in Klosterneuburg, Austria. It is the result of a crossing Zweigelt x (Seyve-Villard 18-402 x Blaufrän... |
| Romé (Spain) | Romé is a red wine grape grown mainly in the province of Málaga, in the region of Andalusia, Spain. Can also be found in the Sierra de la Contraviesa in the province of Granada. The berries are large and elongated. Also called Romé blanca and Romer. |
| Rondinella (Italy) | Rondinella is an Italian wine grape mainly grown in the Veneto region of Italy and used in wines such as Valpolicella and Bardolino. It is often blended Corvina, whom DNA evidence has shown is a parent variety, and Molinara. The grape has rather n... |
| Roninella (Italy) | Rondinella is an Italian wine grape mainly grown in the Veneto region of Italy and used in wines such as Valpolicella and Bardolino. It is often blended Corvina, whom DNA evidence has shown is a parent variety, and Molinara. The grape has rather n... |
| Rosette (France) | Rosette or Seibel 1000 is a wine hybrid grape red-berries variety which originated with the work of Albert Seibel by a crossing of Jaeger 70 with Vitis vinifera. Rosette is also the common ancestor of St. Pepin and La Crosse grapes. Rosette is use... |
| Rossese (Italy) | Rossese is a red Italian wine grape variety that is planted primarily in Liguria. The wines produced from Rossese are a local specialty found around Dolceacqua. |
| Rotberger (Germany) | Rotberger is a wine grape variety. Its parentage is not known with certainty but it is thought to be from a cross of Trollinger and Riesling grapes). Dr. Heinrich Birk (1898-1973) produced the cross at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 19... |
| Rouge du Pays (Switzerland) | Rouge du Pays, also known as Cornalin du Valais or Cornalin, is a variety of red wine grape. It is primarily grown in the Valais region in Switzerland, where it is often called Cornalin, and the total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood... |
| Ruby Cabernet (United States) | Ruby Cabernet is a red Olmo grape variety that is a cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignan, it can produce wines with good colour and a pleasant cherry flavour, but is mostly blended into bulk wines. The purpose for the creation of the c... |
| Ruby Roman (Japan) | The Ruby Roman grape is a variety of table grape invented by the Japanese for maximum expense and marketed in Japan. It is red in color and about the size of a ping pong ball. The first Ruby Roman grapes went on sale in August 2008 for 100,000 Jap... |
| Ruché (Italy) | Ruché is a red Italian wine grape variety from the Piedmont region. It is largely used in making Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato, a small production red varietal wine which was granted Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) status by presidenti... |
| Sagrantino (Italy) | Sagrantino is an Italian grape variety that is indigenous to the region of Umbria in Central Italy. It is grown primarily in the village of Montefalco and its surrounding areas, with only 250 acres (1.0 km2) dedicated to the grape in the hands of ... |
| Salvador (France) | Salvador is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Central Valley of California with some experimental plantings in Washington State. The grape is normally used as a teinturier imparting some of its deep coloring to the blend. The grap... |
| Sangiovese (Italy) | Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety whose name derives from the Latin sanguis Jovis, "the blood of Jove". Though it is the grape of most of central Italy from Romagna down to Lazio, Campania and Sicily, outside Italy it is most famous a... |
| Saperavi (Georgia) | Saperavi is an acidic, teinturier-type grape variety native to Georgia, where it is used to make many of the region's distinctive wines, along with the Alexandreuli and Rkastiteli varieties. Leaves are 3-lobed, large, and roundish. Berries are med... |
| Schioppettino (Italy) | Schiopettino is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is believed to have originated between the comune of Prepotto and the Slovenian border where records of the Schiopettino... |
| Schönburger (Germany) | Schönburger, also spelled Schoenburger, or Schonburger is a variety of grape, formally designated Geisenheim 15-114, a crossing developed at Geisenheim Institute for Grape Breeding in Germany, and released in 1979, of Pinot Noir x (Chasselas x Mus... |
| Sciacarello (France) | Sciacarello (or Sciaccarello) is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in Corsica. It is most noted for the wines that come from Ajaccio which tends to be highly perfumed. The grape is normally blended and rarely made into a varietal wine. |
| Ségalin (France) | Ségalin is a red French wine grape variety that is a crossing of Jurançon Noir and Portugais. As a varietal, Ségalin has the potential to produce well structured wines. |
| Severny (Russian Federation) | Severny is the name of a Russian red-grape varietal. Severny results from the interspecifc crossing between Seianetze Malengra and Vitis amurensis. The hybrid has been obtained in the Institute for wineyard researches in Rostov-on-Don in Russia. T... |
| Siroka Melniska (Bulgaria) | Siroka Melniska is a red Bulgarian wine grape variety. It is planted primarily near the Greek border. In Bulgarian the grape's name means "broad leaved vine of Melnik". As a varietal, Siroka Melniska has an affinity for oak which can produce prono... |
| Souzão (Portugal) | Souzão is a Portuguese wine grape that is used in the production of port wine. While originating in the Minho regions, it is used primarily in Australia, California and South Africa. In Portugal, it is also an authorized planting in the Douro, and... |
| St. Laurent (France) | St. Laurent (sometimes written in French as Saint Laurent or in German as Sankt Laurent) is a highly aromatic dark-skinned wine grape variety of the same family as Pinot Noir, originating in France. St. Laurent is the most widely planted red gr... |
| Susumaniello (Italy) | Susumaniello is a variety of red wine grape from the 'heel' of Italy. It is an ancient grape variety which is grown in the province of Brindisi in the southern Italian region of Puglia. It is found only in the Italian region of Puglia (Apulia).... |
| Swenson Red (United States) | The Swenson Red grape is a firm, meaty red table grape with a unique fruity flavor with strawberry notes. This was the first grape released from the breeding efforts of Elmer Swenson, and is a favorite among grape breeders and hobbyists. Though it... |
| Syrah (France) | Syrah or Shiraz is a dark-skinned grape grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce powerful red wines. Whether sold as Syrah or Shiraz, these wines enjoy great popularity. Syrah is used as a varietal and is also blended. Following... |
| Tannat (France) | Tannat is a red wine grape, historically grown in South West France in the Madiran AOC and is now one of the most prominent grapes in Uruguay, where it is considered the "national grape". It is also grown in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Peru, and... |
| Tarrango (Australia) | Tarrango is a red grape variety used in Australian wine production. This slow-ripening grape was created in 1965 by the CSIRO Horticultural Research Station at Merbein in Victoria, Australia, as a hybrid of Touriga Nacional and Sultana in order to... |
| Tazzelenghe (Italy) | Tazzelenghe is a red Italian wine grape variety from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is predominantly found in the Colli Orientali del Friuli Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC). The grape's name means "Tongue... |
| Tempranillo (Spain) | Tempranillo is a variety of black grape widely grown to make full-bodied red wines in its native Spain. It is the main grape used in Rioja, and is often referred to as Spain's "noble grape". Its name is the diminutive of the Spanish temprano ("ear... |
| Teroldego (Italy) | Teroldego is a red Italian grape variety grown primarily in the northeastern region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. |
| Terrano (Italy) | Terrano or Teran is a Slovenian dark-skinned grape varieties. It is a member of the Refosco family of grape varieties, which also includes Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso. The wine produced from this grape (sometimes also other refosco grapes) acqu... |
| Terret Noir (France) | Terret Noir is a dark-skinned wine grape grown primarily in the Rhône valley region of France. It is a permitted blending grape for Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Like the related Terret Gris and Terret Blanc, the vine tends to bud late and grow vigorously.... |
| Tibouren (France) | Tibouren is a red French wine grape variety that is primarily grown in Provence but originated in Greece and possibly even the Middle East. Intensely aromatic, with an earthy bouquet that wine expert Jancis Robinson describes as garrigue, Tibouren... |
| Tinta Amarela (Portugal) | Tinta Amarela is a red wine grape that is commonly used in Port wine production. The grape is noted for its dark coloring. Its use in the Douro region has been increasing in recent years. The vine is susceptible to rot and performs better in dry, ... |
| Tinta Barroca (Portugal) | Tinta Barroca is a Portuguese red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Douro region with some plantings in South Africa. In Portugal, it is a common blending grape in Port wine while in South Africa it is normally made into a varietal. The vi... |
| Tinta Francisca (Portugal) | Tinta Francisca is a red wine grape found primarily in the Douro DOC and is sometimes used in Port wine production. The grape is often confused with the similarly named Touriga Francesa. There are some theories that the grape maybe related to Pino... |
| Tinta Miuda (Portugal) | Tinta Miuda is a Portuguese red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Oeste and Ribatejo regions. The grape is often used in the production of blended bulk and table wines but can also be used to produce varietal wine. |
| Tinta Negra Mole (Spain) | Tinta Negra Mole is a red Portuguese wine grape commonly used in the production of Madeira. It is the most widely planted variety on the island of Madeira and is considered the industry's "workhorse grape". The grape produces very high yields o... |
| Tinto Cão (Portugal) | Tinta Cão is a red Portuguese wine grape variety that has been grown primarily in the Douro region since the sixteenth century. The vine produces very low yields which has led it close to extinction despite the high quality of wine that it can pro... |
| Tinto de Madrid (Spain) | Tinto de Madrid is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in Spain, just south of Madrid. It produces wines with high alcohol levels and is sometimes blended with Garnacha. Since the 1980s Spanish authorities have been encouraging growers to rep... |
| Touriga (Portugal) | Touriga Nacional is a variety of red wine grape, considered by many to be Portugal's finest. Despite the low yields from its small grapes, it plays a big part in the blends used for ports, and is increasingly being used for table wine in the Douro... |
| Touriga Franca (Portugal) | Touriga Franca (or Touriga Francesa) is one of the major grape varieties used to produce port wine. Touriga Franca is lighter and more perfumed than Touriga Nacional, adding finesse to the wine. Touriga Franca has been described by Jancis Robinson... |
| Tressot (France) | Tressot or Tressot Noir is a variety of dark-skinned wine grape. Tressot has historically been grown in Burgundy but it is now almost extinct. Some small plantations still remain in the Chablis district of Burgundy. The grape has been identifie... |
| Triomphe d'Alsace (France) | The Triomphe d'Alsace vine is fairly vigorous and very robust, growing rapidly even in cool climates. The leaves are not deeply indented and can grow to a very large size, producing a dense canopy which has to be thinned to promote ripening and to... |
| Trollinger (Italy) | Trollinger (or Schiava) is a light-red, late-maturing wine grape variety that was originally cultivated in the wine regions of South Tyrol and Trentino. It probably reached the southern regions of Germany during Roman times. The variety is first ... |
| Uva di Troia (Italy) | Uva di Troia is a red wine grape variety grown in the Italian region of Puglia, particularly in the areas around Andria and Barletta, and in the Province of Bari. The name probably derives from the town of Troia in the Province of Foggia whose ... |
| Valdiguié (France) | Valdiguié is a red wine grape grown primarily in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, where it is generally known by the alias Gros Auxerrois. Valdiguié produces dark colored wines that are low in alcohol. The wines tend to be of... |
| Vespolina (Italy) | Vespolina is a red Italian wine grape variety that is planted in Piedmont around Gattinara. Ampelographer believe that the grape is most likely indigenous to this area of Piedmont and recent DNA profiling identified a parent-offspring relationship... |
| Vranec (Montenegro) | Vranec is an ancient variety of grape that is indigenous to the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. Vranec is considered the most important variety of grape in Montenegro and one of the most important in the Republic of Macedonia... |
| Wildbacher (Austria) | Wildbacher is a dark-skinned grape variety and specialty of the Styria region of Austria. It is a very old variety said to go back to the Celts, and manuscripts first record the name in the 16th century. The variety is not particularly demanding i... |
| Xynomavro (Cyprus) | Xinomavro is the principal red wine grape of the uplands of the Naoussa in the prefecture of Imathia, and Amyntaion areas, in Northern Greece. Various writers have compared Xinomavro to Bordeaux, Burgundy, Barolo, etc.. This grape is primarily cul... |
| Zinfandel (Croatia) | Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California vineyards. DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski, and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in... |
| Zweigelt (Austria) | Zweigelt is a red wine grape variety developed in 1922, at the Federal Institute for Viticulture and Pomology at Klosterneuburg, Austria, by Fritz Zweigelt. It was a crossing of St. Laurent and Blaufränkisch. It is now the most widely-grown red gr... |
Chart Legend
| White Grape |
| Yellow Grape |
| Green Grape |
| Gray Grape |
| Pink Grape |
| Red Grape |
| Black Grape |
Recommended
If you are serious about the different grape varieties used to make wine, this chart makes an incredible addition to your wall.
De Long's Varietal Chart
De Long's Varietal Chart