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Grape Varieties
Start with a grape. Explore white and red varieties, then follow each one into the places it grows and the wines it becomes.
Which grape would you like to discover?
Browse the grape names first. Pinot Gris has pink-grey skins and is included with white-wine grapes here; the colour of a finished wine also depends on how it is made.
White grape varieties
- Albariño
- Aligoté
- Arinto / Pedernã
- Arneis
- Assyrtiko
- Avesso
- Bourboulenc
- Carricante
- Catarratto / Lucido
- Chardonnay
- Chasselas
- Chenin Blanc
- Clairette Blanche
- Furmint
- Garganega
- Gewürztraminer
- Glera
- Grenache Blanc
- Grillo
- Inzolia / Ansonica
- Loureiro
- Marsanne
- Parellada
- Pinot Grigio / Pinot Gris
- Piquepoul Blanc / Picpoul
- Riesling
- Rkatsiteli
- Roussanne
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Sémillon
- Verdejo
- Verdelho
- Vermentino
- Viognier
- Viura / Macabeo
- Xarel·lo
Red grape varieties
- Aglianico
- Alicante Bouschet
- Barbera
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Carignan / Carignane
- Carménère
- Chambourcin
- Cinsault / Cinsaut
- Corvina
- Corvinone
- Frappato
- Gamay
- Grenache / Garnacha
- Malbec
- Merlot
- Meunier / Pinot Meunier
- Mourvèdre / Mataro / Monastrell
- Nebbiolo
- Nerello Cappuccio
- Nerello Mascalese
- Nero d’Avola
- Petit Verdot
- Petite Sirah / Durif
- Pinot Noir
- Pinotage
- Rondinella
- Sangiovese
- Saperavi
- St. Laurent
- Syrah / Shiraz
- Tannat
- Tempranillo
- Touriga Nacional
- Vinhão
- Zinfandel
Where might you find your grape?
Follow the regional connections below for illustrated profiles. These groupings are starting points: international grapes grow in many countries.
Verdejo → Rueda, Spain; Verdelho → Madeira, the Azores and Australia. Similar names, different grapes.
Arneis → Piedmont’s Roero hills, Gisborne and Northland; Chambourcin → a French hybrid grape with a Northland connection. Follow grape identity separately from origin and cellar choices.
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Explore Italian grapes by region → · Browse all grape names A–Z →
France & international connections
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Alicante Bouschet
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Aligoté
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Bourboulenc
A southern white grape valued in blends, with a distinctive La Clape connection and single-varietal examples beyond France.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Cabernet Franc
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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Chardonnay
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Chenin Blanc
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Cinsault / Cinsaut
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Clairette Blanche
An old southern French white grape whose story includes still wines, sparkling routes, blends and single-varietal bottles.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Gamay
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Grenache Blanc
A white member of the Grenache family, bringing texture to blends and a clear identity to single-varietal wines.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Malbec
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Marsanne
A northern Rhône white grape whose story includes blends, single-varietal wines, sparkling routes and Australia’s historic Tahbilk plantings.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Merlot
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Meunier / Pinot Meunier
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Petit Verdot
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Pinot Noir
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Piquepoul Blanc / Picpoul
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Roussanne
A white Rhône grape with a life beside Marsanne, a place in southern blends and striking single-varietal examples.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Sauvignon Blanc
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Sémillon
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Syrah / Shiraz
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Tannat
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
Italy
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Barbera
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Carricante
Etna’s principal white grape connects volcanic vineyard slopes with fresh wines, single-varietal bottlings and the patience of lees ageing.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Catarratto / Lucido
A Sicilian white-grape identity with several names on labels, dry-wine expressions and a place in blends from west to east.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Corvina
A Veronese grape that connects fresh Valpolicella with the dried-grape wines of Amarone and Recioto.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Corvinone
A distinct Valpolicella grape whose similar name to Corvina can hide a separate vineyard identity.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Frappato
A fragrant Sicilian red grape that deserves a place beside its better-known blending partner, Nero d’Avola.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Garganega
The principal grape of Soave, with a story that reaches from fresh white wines to the dried-grape sweetness of Recioto di Soave.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Glera
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Grillo
A Sicilian white grape with an independent dry-wine identity and a connection to the western island’s wider wine traditions.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Inzolia / Ansonica
Known as Inzolia or Insolia in Sicily and Ansonica in the national register, this white grape links island wines with a wider Italian story.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Nebbiolo
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Nerello Cappuccio
A separate Etna grape, often found beside Nerello Mascalese but also worth meeting in its own single-varietal expression.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Nerello Mascalese
A principal grape of Etna’s red wines, with a story of elevation, individual sites and expressions beyond a heavy-red stereotype.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Nero d’Avola
A familiar Sicilian red grape with room for fresh single-varietal wines, fuller expressions and the blend of Cerasuolo di Vittoria.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Pinot Grigio / Pinot Gris
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Rondinella
A Veronese blending grape that helps connect Valpolicella, the Garda landscape and several different cellar routes.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Sangiovese
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
Spain & Mediterranean connections
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Carignan / Carignane
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Grenache / Garnacha
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Mourvèdre / Mataro / Monastrell
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Parellada
Follow the grape through its places, finished wines and cellar connections.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Tempranillo
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Viura / Macabeo
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Xarel·lo
Follow the grape through its places, finished wines and cellar connections.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
Portugal & Atlantic connections
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Albariño
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Arinto / Pedernã
Follow the grape through its places, finished wines and cellar connections.
Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Avesso
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Loureiro
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Touriga Nacional
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Vinhão
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
Switzerland, Germany, Alsace & Central Europe
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Chasselas
A Swiss white-grape connection, known as Fendant in Valais and Gutedel in Germany, with a separate Pouilly-sur-Loire story in France.
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Furmint
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Gewürztraminer
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Riesling
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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St. Laurent
An Austrian and Central European red grape, with a Pinot-family connection and a Carneros-grown chapter at Tres Sabores.
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Americas & international connections
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Carménère
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
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Petite Sirah / Durif
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Zinfandel
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Regional illustration; explore the profile for context.
All grape names, A–Z.
Your everyday glass belongs here.
The illustrations are invitations to explore, not a requirement to own a different glass for every grape. A universal glass is a practical starting point. Compare one wine in two shapes only if you already have them, using similar temperatures and small pours.
From the ingredient to the bottle.
Grape Varieties introduces what grows in the vineyard. Wines & Blends follows finished wines, whether single-varietal or blended.