Grape varieties Grape varieties Acolon is a type of grape variety. It is a cross between a 'Blauer Lemberger' ( Blaufränkisch) and ' Dornfelder'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acolon"
Agawam (or Rogers 15) is a hybrid grape variety. It is a hybrid of Vitis labrusca x Vitis vinifera, created by A.S. Rogers, dating from the 1850s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agawam (grape)"
Agiorgitiko is one of the two widely-grown heat-resistant Greek wine-making grape varieties, the other being Xynomavro. Agiorgitiko is a red variety that has traditionally been grown in the Nemea region of the Peloponnese - since ancient times, Greeks like to say. Winemakers in its heartland compare it to Merlot. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agiorgitiko"
Aglianico is a red wine grape grown in the Campania and Basilicata regions of Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aglianico"
Airén is a variety of white grape used to make white wine, and is the most planted variety of grape in Spain, particularly in the region of La Mancha. ...more on Wikipedia about "Airén"
Albariño or Alvarinho is a variety of white wine grape grown in Spain and northern Portugal, where it is used to make popular varietal white wines that are among the most expensive white wines of the Iberian Peninsula. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albariño"
Alicante Bouschet, a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1886. It is a cross of Grenache with Petit Bouschet (itself a cross of the very old variety Teinturier du Cher and Aramon). Alicante is also a teinturier , a grape with red flesh. Its deep color makes it useful for blending with light red wine. It was planted heavily during Prohibition in California for export to the East Coast. Its thick skin made it resistant to rot during the transportaion process. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alicante Bouschet"
Aligoté is a white grape used to make white wines in the Burgundy region of France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aligoté"
Alvarelhão is a wine grape used for producing red wines, rosés and in port wine blends. It is grown in the Douro and Dão agricultural areas of Portugal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alvarelhão"
Arbois is a variety of white grape occasionally grown in the Loire region of France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arbois (grape)"
Assyrtiko or Asyrtiko is the indigenous white wine grape of the island of Santorini, Greece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Assyrtiko"
Aurore is a hybrid wine grape variety produced by Albert Seibel circa 1860. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aurore"
Auxerrois is a historical province of France, part of Burgundy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auxerrois"
The Bacchus white wine grape is grown in Germany and England. It is the result of an intentional cross between Riesling, Silvaner and Rivaner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacchus grape"
Baco 22A or Baco blanc is an French-American hybrid grape variety. It is a cross of Folle Blanche and Noah, created in the 1920s. Folle Blanche is its vitis vinifera parent. Noah, its other parent, is itself a cross of vitis labrusca and vitis riparia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baco 22A"
Baco noir (pronounced BA-koh NWAHR; Baco noir is also called Baco 1) is a hybrid wine grape variety produced from a cross of Vitis vinifera var. ( Folle Blanche, a French wine grape) and a unknown variety of Vitis riparia (an American grape). ...more on Wikipedia about "Baco noir"
Barbaroux is the French name for a red wine grape variety, known as Barbarossa in Italian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbaroux"
Barbera is a wine grape variety from Monferrato in Piemonte, Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbera"
Bastardo is a type of red grape used in Portuguese port wine. It is generally considered an inferior port wine grape, especially when compared to such varieties as Touriga Nacional. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bastardo grape"
Beta is an extremely winter-hardy variety of North American grape derived from a cross of the Vitis labrusca-based cultivar Concord and a selection of Vitis riparia, wild riverbank grape, Carver). ...more on Wikipedia about "Beta (grape)"
Blaufränkisch is the official name for the variety of wine grape that is used to produce dry, red wines which are typically low in tannin and may exhibit a pronounced spicy character. The grape is grown across Central Europe, including Austria and Germany (where it is known as Lemberger, or Blauer Limberger). In Hungary the grape is called Kékfrankos and is grown in a number of wine regions including Sopron, Villány, Szekszárd and Eger (where it is a major ingredient in the famous red wine blend known as Egri Bikavér or Bull's Blood having largely replaced the Kadarka grape). ...more on Wikipedia about "Blaufränkisch"
Bourboulenc is an uncommon white wine grape variety mostly grown in the southern Rhône. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bourboulenc"
Bual (or Boal) is a variety of grape used in the production of medium-rich fortified wines from Madeira Island. According to the Geisenheim DNA Database, the name is a synonym for each of at least four white wine-producing varieties. The name can be applied to any one of several varieties including Codega, Dõna Branco, Rabigato, or Semillon. The vines are also common in Portugal and Spain, where the fruit is used in the same way for fortified wines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bual"
Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety similar to and a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabernet Franc"
Cabernet Gemischt is a European red wine grape variety, supposedly now extinct, similar if not identical to Cabernet Franc. This varietal is historically interesting if for no other reason than it was supposedly exported to China in the late 1800s and accidentally misnamed Cabernet Gernischt, a grape variety still used to produce red wine in China today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabernet Gemischt"
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