Grape Synonyms Flashcards by Jill Goldstein

What is Apera?

The name for wine previously labeled as Sherry in Australia.

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What is Aragonêz

Tempranillo in Portugal

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What is another name for Blauer Wildbacher?

Schilcher.

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What is Brancelho?

The Spanish name for Alvarelhão, a red grape grown in Portugal and northern Spain.

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What is Breton?

Name used for Cabernet Franc in the Loire Valley.

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What is Cabernet Gernischt?

Cabernet Gernischt is the local name in China for a grape recently confirmed to be Carmenere.

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What is Cannonau?

A grape determined by DNA to be Grenache on Sardinia.

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What is Cencibel?

Tempranillo in La Mancha and Valdepañas

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What is Chenin Noir?

Chenin Noir is a name sometimes used for Pineau d’Aunis in Saumur-Champigny.

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What is Chiavennasca also known as?

Nebbiolo (used in Lombardy).

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What is Côt?

Malbec in the Loire Valley.

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What is Crljenak Kastelanski?

A red grape grown in Croatia, now known to be the same grape as Zinfandel/Primitivo.

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What is Durif?

Durif is the name for Petite Sirah in France. It’s a cross between Syrah and Peloursin.

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What is Fernão Pires?

A white grape grown in Portugal, also called Maria Gomes.

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What is Frankovka?

The Croatian name for Blaufränkisch

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What is Garnacha Tintorera also known as?

Garnacha Tintorera is the Spanish term for Alicante Bouschet.

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What is Gordo Blanco?

Muscat of Alexandria in Australia.

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What is another name for Grǎsevina?

Grǎsevina is the name used for Welschriesling in Croatia.

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What is Hanepoot?

The South African term for Muscat of Alexandria.

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What is Harriague?

The name used for Tannat in Uruguay.

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What is Jaen?

Known as Mencia in Spain, it is a red grape grown in Portugal.

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What is Laški Rizling?

The name for Graševina (Welschriesling) in Slovenia.

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What is Mataro?

The name sometimes used in Australia for Mourvedre.

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What is Mazuelo also known as?

Mazuelo is a name used for Carignan in Spain

What was Melon formerly called?

Melon de Bourgogne.

What is Modri Pinot also known as?

Modri Pinot is the name used in Slovenia for Pinot Noir.

What is Morellino?

Morellino is another name for Sangiovese, used in the southernmost parts of Tuscany near Scansano.

What was Muscadelle originally called in Australia?

Australian Tokay.

What is another name for Muscat de Frontignan?

Muscat de Frontignan is the name used in South Africa for Muscat Blanc a Petits de Grains.

What is Olaszrizling also known as?

It is the name for Welschriesling in Hungary.

What is Ottonel Muskotály?

The Hungarian name for Muscat Ottonel.

What is Pedernã?

The Spanish name for Arinto, a white Portuguese grape..

What is Periquita?

Castelão - a red variety from Portugal.

What is Pineau de la Loire also know as?

Pineau de la Loire is an alternative name, occasionally used in the Loire Valley, for Chenin Blanc.

What is Pinot Chardaonnay

Before the 1980's, a common term used for Chardonnay in the New World?

What is Pressac?

A local term for Malbec in the right bank of Bordeaux.

What is Prungnolo Gentile?

Prungnolo Gentile is Sangiovese in Montepulciano, and is used in the production of Vin Nobile di Montepulciano and Rosso di Montepulciano.

What is Pušipel?

The Croatian name for Furmint.

What is Rebula?

The Slovenian name for Ribolla Gialla.

What is Refošk?

The Slovenian name for Refosco.

What is Riesling Italico?

Not a true Riesling, but actually the name for Grǎsevina (Welschriesling) in China.

What is Rizvanec also know as?

Rizvanec is the name used for Müller-Thurgau in Slovenia.

What is Ruländer?

A German name for Pinot Gris (Grauburgunder).

What is Sárga Muskotály?

The Hungarian term for Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains. Literally translated means "Yellow Muscat".

What is Sauvignon Vert?

The Chilean name for Friulano

What is Sauvignonasse?

Friulano

What is Subirat Parent?

The Catalonian term for Malvasia (approved for use in Cava).

What is Szürkebarát?

The Hungarian name for Pino Gris.

What is Tai?

Tai is the name from Friulano in Slovenia.

What is Terrano?

The Slovenian name for Refosco.

What is Tinta Amarela?

The Portuguese name for Trincadeira.

What is another name for Tinto de Pais?

Tinto de Pais is Tempranillo in Cigales and the Ribiero del Duero.

What is Tinta de Toro?

Tempranillo in Toro

What is another name for Tinto Fino?

Tinto Fino is Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero in Spain.

What is Tinta Roriz?

Tempranillo in Douro (Portugal)

What is another name for Traminec?

Traminec is the name used for Gewurztraminer in Slovenia.

What is Tribidrag?

Another name for Crljenak Kastelanski, also known as Zinfandel/Primitivo.

What is Ull de Llebre?

Tempranillo in Catalonia