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Malbec

Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark colour and robust tannins...

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy...

Albariño

Albariño or Alvarinho is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia, where it is used to make varietal white wines. ...

Tempranillo

Tempranillo is a black grape variety widely grown to make full-bodied red wines in its native Spain. Its name is the dim...

Garnacha/Grenache

Grenache or Garnacha is one of the most widely planted red wine grape varieties in the world. It ripens late, so it need...

Primitivo/Zinfandel

Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape. The Primitivo is grown in Apulia (the "hee...

Merlot

Merlot is a dark blue-coloured wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The nam...

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every ma...

Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and performs best in cooler climates. In English,...

Riesling

Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying...

Muller Thurgau

Müller-Thurgau is a white grape variety which was created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882. It...

Pinot Grigio

Pinot gris, pinot grigio or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety, Thought to be a mutant clone of the pinot noir,...

Macabeo/Viura

Macabeo, also called Viura or Macabeu, is a white variety of wine grape. It is widely grown in the Rioja region of north...

Carmenière

The Carménère grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France, where it was use...

Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France. The grape most like...

Pinotage

Pinotage PIN-ə-tahzh is a red wine grape that is South Africa's signature variety. It was cultivated there in 1925 as a ...

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc is a White wine grape variety from the Loire Valley of France. Its high acidity means it can be used to mak...

Syrah/Shiraz

Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce re...

Pinot Noir

Pinot noir grapes are grown around the world, mostly in the cooler climates, and the grape is chiefly associated with th...

Torrontés

Torrontés is a white wine grape variety most commonly used in Argentina, producing fresh, aromatic wines with moderate a...

Viognier

Viognier is a white wine grape variety. It is the only permitted grape for the French wine Condrieu in the Rhône Valley....

Moscatel

The Muscat family of grapes includes over 200 grape varieties that have been used in wine production and as raisin and t...

Monastrell

Mourvedre (Monastrell in its native Spain, Mataro in Australia and California) is a black-skinned variety that has been ...

Bobal

It is native to the Utiel-Requena region in Valencia, Spain. The presence of Bobal in Utiel-Requena was documented in t...

Mencia

Mencía, known as Jaen in Portugal, is a Spanish grape variety primarily found in the north-western part of the country. ...

Godello

Godello is a white variety of wine grape grown in north-western Spain, in particular in Galicia. The Gouveio found in no...

Verdejo

Verdejo is a variety of wine grape that has long been grown in the Rueda region of Spain. The grape originated in North ...

Airén

Airén is a white grape commonly used in winemaking. This grape is native to Spain where it represents almost a quarter o...

Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends. It ripens much later than the ...

Xarel-lo

Xarel·lo is a white grape variety of Spanish origin specially grown in Catalonia. With Macabeu and Parellada, is one of ...

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