List of grape varieties
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This is a list of varieties of cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a Table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).
Single species grapes
While some of the grapes in this section are hybrids, they are hybridized within a single species (for example, Niagara). For those grapes hybridized across species, see below.
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Red wine
- Acolon
- Agiorgitiko
- Aglianico
- Alicante Bouschet
- Alvarelhão
- Barbera
- Bastardo / Trousseau
- Blauer Portugieser / Kékoportó
- Blaufränkisch / Lemberger / Kékfrankos / Gamé
- Bonarda
- Bual
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Carignan / Carignane / Cariñena / Carignano
- Carmenère
- Cinsaut
- Corvina
- Dolcetto
- Dornfelder
- Durif / Petite Sirah
- Gamay / Gamay Noir
- Garganega
- Garnatxa / Grenache / Garnacha / Cannanou
- Graciano
- Grignolino
- Kadarka
- Kratosija
- Lagrein
- Lambrusco
- Macabeo
- Malbec / Auxerrois / Côt
- Mavrodafni
- Mavrud
- Mencia
- Merlot
- Millot
- Mission
- Montepulciano
- Mourvèdre / Monastrell / Mataro
- Nebbiolo
- Negroamaro
- Nero d'Avola
- Petit Verdot
- Pinot meunier / Schwarzriesling / Müllerebe
- Pinot Nero
- Pinot Noir / Spätburgunder / Blauburgunder
- Pinotage
- Poulsard
- Refosco / Refošk
- Rondinella
- Roriz
- Rotberger
- Ruby Cabernet
- Rubired
- Rufete / Tinta Pinheira / Tinta Carvalha / Rufeta
- Sagrantino
- Sangiovese
- Saperavi
- Schiava / Trollinger
- Sercial
- Shiraz / Syrah
- Sousão
- St. Laurent
- Taminga
- Tannat
- Tarrango
- Tempranillo / Tinta Roriz
- Teroldego
- Terret Noir
- Tinta Barroca
- Tinta Cao
- Touriga Franca / Touriga Francesa
- Touriga Nacional / Azal Espanhol / Preto de Mortágua
- Valdiguié
- Verdicchio
- Xynomavro
- Zinfandel / Crljenak Kaštelanski / Primitivo
- Zweigelt / Zweigeltrebe / Rotburger
White wine
- Airén
- Albariño / Alvarinho
- Aligoté
- Arneis
- Auxerrois
- Assyrtiko
- Bacchus
- Catarratto
- Chardonnay
- Chasselas / Gutedel -- oldest known grape variety
- Chenin Blanc
- Clairette Blanc
- Colombard
- Cortese
- Courtiller Musque
- Crouchen
- Doradillo
- Fiano
- Flora
- Folle Blanche
- Furmint
- Garganega
- Gewürztraminer
- Goldriesling
- Greco
- Grüner Veltliner
- Hárslevelü
- Kerner
- Macabeo
- Malvasia, includes several sub-varieties
- Marsanne
- Mauzac
- Melon de Bourgogne
- Moscato / Moscatell / Moscatel / Muscat
- Moschofilero
- Mtsvane
- Müller-Thurgau
- Muscadelle / Tokay
- Ondenc
- Palomino / Palomino Fino
- Parellada
- Pedro Ximénez
- Pinot Blanc / Pinot Bianco / Weissburgunder
- Pinot Grigio / Pinot Gris
- Prosecco
- Riesling / Johannisberg Riesling / Rheinriesling / Klingelberger
- Rkatsiteli
- Roussanne
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Sauvignon Vert
- Scheurebe
- Semillon
- Smederevka
- Sultana
- Sylvaner / Oesterreicher
- Tocai Friulano (will be renamed by 2007, may be same variety as Sauvignon Vert)
- Torrontes
- Traminer / Savagnin Blanc / Savagnin Rosé
- Trebbiano / Ugni Blanc
- Trousseau Gris / Grey Riesling
- Verdelho
- Verdicchio
- Vermentino
- Vernaccia
- Viognier
- Welschriesling / Riesling Italico
- Xarel·lo / Xarello
Vitis vinifera (wine and table)
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Wine grapes
Table grapes
Green table grapes
- Perlette
- Sugarone
- Calmeria
Red table grapes
- Flame Seedless
- Red Globe
- Ruby Seedless
- Christmas Rose
- Emperor
- Rouge
- Crimson Seedless
- Tudor Premium Red
- Swenson Red
- Canadice
Purple table grapes
- Beauty Seedless
- Autumn Royal
- Ribier
- Fantasy Seedless
- Marroo
- Niabell
- Bluebell
- Concord
Varied/Other
- Himrod (white)
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- Riparia Gloire
- Riparia Grand Glabre
- Riparia Scribner
- Riparia Martin
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- Norton / Cynthiana
Multispecies hybrid grapes
Vinifera hybrids (wine)
- Riparia Gloire
- Riparia Grand Glabre
- Riparia Scribner
- Riparia Martin
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- Norton / Cynthiana
Multispecies hybrid grapes
Vinifera hybrids (wine)
- Norton / Cynthiana
Multispecies hybrid grapes
Vinifera hybrids (wine)
Hybrid grape varieties (see Hybrid grapes) or "hybrids" is, in fact, the popular term for a subset of what are properly known as hybrids, specifically crossings between one species of the genus vitis and another. The scientific definition of a hybrid grape is any crossing (intra- or inter-specific) of two grape varieties. In keeping with the popular definition, however, the ones listed below are inter-specific hybrids where one parent is a European grape.
- Agawam, Vitis labrusca x Vitis vinifera
- Aurora
- Aurore
- Baco 22A (Baco blanc)
- Baco noir (Baco 1)
- Cayuga White
- Chambourcin
- Chancellor
- Chardonel
- Chelois
- Couderc Noir
- De Chaunac
- Edelweiss
- Elvira
- Esprit
- Kay Gray
- L'Ambertille
- La Crosse
- Léon Millot
- Marechal Foch
- Melody
- Ravat
- Rayon d'Or
- Regent
- Rondo
- Rougeon
- St. Croix
- St. Pepin
- Seyval Blanc
- Traminette
- Vidal Blanc
- Vignoles / Ravat 51
- Villard Blanc
Non-vinifera hybrids (table)
Non-vinifera hybrids (rootstock)
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External links
- [La Toque & le Verre - Online (french)]
- [Winegrape glossary]
- [Parent percentages for some hybrid grapes]
- [List of U.S. recognized varietal names]
- [Information about Australian wines made from alternative varieties]
Further reading
- Jancis Robinson, Vines, Grapes and Wines, Mitchell Beazley, London, 2002. ISBN 1857329996.
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