Grapes Flashcards
What is Bastardo?
Synonym for Trousseau in Portugal
What is the synonym for Trousseau in Galicia?
Merenzao
What appellation produces wines from the Prié grape?
The subzone of Morgex et de la Salle in the Valle d’Aosta subzone
What crossing produced Blauburger?
Blaufrankisch x Portugieser
Where is Blauer Wildbacher grown and what specialty wine is it used to produce?
Western Styria in Austria
Used for the production of the rosé specialty known as Schilcher
What is the synonym for Blaufränkisch in Germany?
Lemberger
What is the Hungarian synonym for Blaufränkisch?
Kékfrankos
What is the Bulgarian synonym for Blaufrankisch?
Gamé
What is the star Hungarian appellation for Kékfrankos (Blaufrankisch)?
Sopron
What is the star appellation for Blaufrankisch in Austria?
Burgenland on the north shores of the Neusiedlersee in Mittelburgenland and at Eisenberg in South Burgenland
What is Blaufrankisch known as in Friuli?
Franconia
What is Blaufrankisch known as in the Czech Republic and Serbia?
Frankovka
What is the name for Malvazia Fina in Madeira?
Boal/Bual
What is the second-most planted red grape in Spain behind Tempranillo and where are the highest quality wines produced from it? In what 4 D.O. is it permitted?
Bobal
Best examples are produced in high elevation vineyards of Utiel-Requena
Allowed in 4 D.O. areas of Utiel-Requena, Manchuela, Valencia, and Ribera del Júcar
Where is Bombino Bianco planted?
Planted mainly in Puglia but also found in Abruzzo where it is often confused with but may be identical to Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
What is Early California also known as and where else is it grown?
Arbouriou; grown in the Côtes du Marmandais AOP
What is Acolon a cross of and where is it popular?
Dornfelder x Lemberger (Blaufrankisch)
Increasingly popular in Württemberg and the Pfalz
What is St. George also known as and where is it at its best?
Agiogitiko
At its best in Nemea (Peloponnese)
What are the 3 DOCG of Aglianico?
Aglianico del Taburno DOCG (Campania) Taurasi DOCG (Campania)
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG (Basilicata)
Where is the highest quality Aïdani produced?
Santorini PDO
What varietal accounts for almost a quarter of all Spanish vineyards and covers more area than any other white wine variety in the world?
Airén
Albalonga is a crossing of what? What German producer is known for producing high quality late-harvest wines from this grape?
Rieslaner x Silvaner
Wittmann
The white wine DOCG of Emilia-Romagna is produced from what grape?
Albana
What are Alvarinho’s most common blending partners in Vinho Verde?
Loureiro, Treixadura, and Caiño
What is the Ligurian DOC for Albarola?
Cinque Terre DOC
Star white grape for Ribera del Duero DO white wines?
Albillo Mayor (min 75%)
Tuscan passito DOCG from grape compared to Muscat?
Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG
Synonym for Tinta Bastardinha. Where is its best expression?
Alfrocheiro
Dão is the best but also grown in Alentejo, Tejo, and Bairrada
What is the most heavily planted teinturier grape in France and what is its synonym in Spain?
Alicante Bouschet
Known as Garnacha Tintorera
Traditional grape for the wine mixed for Kir?
Aligoté
Finest white grape of Savoie?
Altesse, aka Roussette
What is the Portuguese synonym for Brancellao?
Alvarelhão
Star grape of Moncão?
Alvarinho
Where is Amigne grown?
Specialty grape of Vétroz in the Valais (Switzerland)
In what wine might you fine the Ancellotta grape?
Lambrusco
Tuscan synonym for Sicily’s Inzolia?
Ansonica
Produces full-bodied white wines in Alentejo and often blended with Arinto?
Antão Vaz
Alentejo synonym for Tempranillo?
Aragonez
Where would you find Arany Sárfehér?
Great Plain of Hungary
Arbois Blanc is synonymous with?
Menu Pineau (Loire)
Star white grape of Bucelas? What is its synonym in Vinho Verde?
Arinto
known as Pedernã in Vinho Verde
What are three synonyms for Tempranillo in Portugal?
Aragonez
Arinto Tinto
Tinta Roriz
AKA Barolo Bianco and its DOCG?
Arneis
Roero DOCG
Where would you find Arrufiac?
Gascony in Pacherenc du Vic-Bihl AOP
Nervy, citrusy, sometimes salty white wine grape considered the finest of indigenous white grapes in Valais?
Arvine aka Petite Arvine
When Auxerrois is black-berried its found where?
Cahors, where it’s a synonym for Cot/Malbec
Synonym for Pinot Gris in Alsace?
Auxerrois Gris
Star grape of Ayze?
Gringet
Romania’s second-most planted red grape behind Merlot?
Bābeascā Neagrā
Second-most planted white grape behind Chardonnay in the U.K.?
Bacchus
Star red grape of Bairrada?
Baga
Star grape of Banyuls AOP and Banyuls Grand Cru AOP?
Grenache
min 50% for Banyuls AOP
min 75% for Banyuls Grand Cru AOP
SW France AOP for white wine from Baroque?
Tursan AOP
Principle grape of Bellet Blanc?
Rolle/Vermentino (min 60%)
Roussanne synonym for Savoie?
Bergeron
Forastera and Biancolella blend DOC?
Ischia DOC (Campania)
Synonym for Charbono in Argentina?
Bonarda
Romanian synonym for Cab Franc?
Bordo
Where is Bosco grown?
Liguria
What is the synonym for Cabernet Franc in St.-Emilion?
Bouchet
Star white grape of La Clape?
Bourboulenc
Graciano in Sardinia?
Bovale Sardo
Star grape of Piedmont sparkling red DOCG?
Brachetto
Loire synonym for Cab Franc?
Breton
Top red grape of Brindisi DOC?
Negroamaro
What is the Romanian synonym for Blaufrankisch?
Burgund Mare
Synonym for Cot in Argentina and top appellation in France for it?
Malbec in Argentina
Cahors AOP in SW France
Nero d’Avola is also known as?
Calabrese
Top grape of Lago di Caldaro/Kalterersee?
Schiava
Sardinian synonym for Grenache?
Cannonau
Grape that must be present in Cape Blends?
Pinotage
Cape Riesling synonym?
Crouchen Blanc
Spanish synonyms for Carignan?
Mazuelo and Cariñena
Highest quality white wine grape in Sicily?
Carricante
What is the top red grape of Carso?
Terrano
Second-most planted red grape in Portugal behind Tinta Roriz?
Castelão
Cataratto is mostly used for the production of?
Marsala
Top 3 grapes of Cava?
Xarel-lo
Macabeo
Parellada
Indigenous red grape that’s allowed for Cava but only in rosé?
Trepat
La Mancha and Valdepeñas synonym for Tempranillo?
Cencibel
Second-most planted grape in Argentina behind Malbec?
Cereza
Star red grape of Lazio?
Cesanese
Chambourcin is a French Hybrid that originated from where?
Loire Valley
What is Charbono called in Savoie?
Douce Noire
Synonym for Chasselas in Alsace?
Gutedel
Synonym for Nebbiolo in Valtellina?
Chiavennasca
What crossing created Pinotage?
Pinot Noir x Cinsaut
Where is Côdega de Larinho planted?
Douro and Tras-os-Montes
Top red and white grapes of Colares?
Ramisco (red)
Malvasia de Colares (white)
What crossing created Colombard?
Chenin Blanc x Gouais Blanc
What is the most widely planted variety in New York?
Concord
Star grape of Gavi DOCG?
Cortese
Star grape of Valpolicella?
Corvinone
What is the synonym for Mission in Peru?
Negra Corriente
What is the synonym for pais in Argentina?
Criolla Chica
What is Tribidrag?
Zinfandel in Croatia
aka Crljenak Kastelanski (Croatia) and Primitivo (Italy)
Debina is the star grape of what PDO and where is this?
Zitsa PDO in Epirus
De Chaunac is most relevant where?
Finger Lakes and Ontario
What is Rossese known as in France?
Tibouren
Ligurian synonym for Dolcetto?
Ormeasco
What is the grape of Torcolato?
Vespaiola
What are the grapes of Commandaria?
Mavro (red) and Xynisteri (white)
What cross created Syrah?
Dureza x Mondeuse
Where is the top Encruzado produced?
Dão
What is the top grape of Caluso?
Erbaluce
What is the synonym for Sercial in Vinho Verde and Bucelas?
Esgana Cão
Where is Espadeiro used for wine production and what is the most common style it’s produced in?
Vinho Verde
Commonly used in the production of rosé wines there.
What is the grape of Falernian, Falerno del Massico DOC and Sannio DOC?
Falanghina
What is the grape of Fara DOC?
Nebbiolo
Synonym for Vermentino in Piedmont?
Favorita
Synonym for Chasselas in Valais?
Fendant
What is the appellation for Fer Servadou in SW France?
Marcillac AOP (min 80%)
What is Portugal’s most planted white grape? What is it called in Bairrada?
Fernão Pires
Called Maria Gomes in Bairrada
What is Fié?
Synonym for old vine Sauvignon Gris from Loire Valley
Where is Folgasão grown?
Trás-os-Montes DOP where it produces promising white wines.
AOP for Folle Blanche?
Gros Plants du Pays Nantais AOP
Where is Forastera grown?
Ischia DOC, the island off the coast of Naples
What is the grape of the Côte du Forez?
Gamay
Where is Frappato grown?
Sicily
What is the main grape of Frascati?
Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio
Where is Freisa grown? Why is it often frothy?
Piedmont
It contains some unfermented RS in the bottle to balance the bitterness imparted by the lees.
Synonym for Sauvignonasse in Friuli?
Friulano
Fromonteau is a synonym for what two grapes where?
Roussanne (Rhone Valley)
Savagnin (Jura)
Pinot Gris when called Fromonteau Gris
What is Frontignac?
Australian synonym for Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
Name also for grapey, sweet wine in South Africa produced from Muscat de Frontignan
What is the grape of Fronton?
Négrette (min 50%)
What is Frühburgunder?
Early maturing mutation of Pinot Noir
Grape of Fumé Blanc?
Sauvignon Blanc
Where is Fumin grown?
Valle d’Aosta
Hungarian synonym for Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains?
Sárga Muskotály
What is Šipon?
Croatian synonym for Furmint
Sibling of Nerello Mascalese and star red grape of Cirò DOC red wines?
Gaglioppo
What is the top grape of Gambellara?
Garganega (min 80%)
Grape of Soave?
Garganega
What is the Catalan synonym for Monastrell?
Garrut
What is the grape of Gavi?
Cortese
What is the synonym for Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains in Austria?
Gelber Muskateller
Top grape of Prosecco?
Glera
What is the Portuguese synonym for Godello?
Gouveio in the Douro and Verdelho do Dão in Dão
French synonym for Graciano?
Morrastel
Grape of Rülander?
Grauburgunder or Pinot Gris when it’s made in a sweet style.
Most planted wine grape of Croatia?
Grasevina (Welschriesling)
Sicilian synonym for Garganega?
Grecanico Dorato
Trebbiano in Orvieto?
Procanico (Trebbiano Toscano)
Main grapes of Orvieto?
Procanico/Trebbiano Toscano and Grechetto
Top appellation for Greco?
Greco di Tuffo DOCG in Campania
Malvasia di Lipari in Calabria and top appellation for it?
Greco Bianco
Greco di Bianco DOC
Italy’s Tocai Rosso?
Grenache
Appellation for Grignolino and where is it grown?
Grignolino d’Asti DOC
Grignolino del Monferrato DOC
Piedmont
Where would you find Grolleau/Groslot?
Commonly used for the production of rosé wines in Anjou, Saumur, and Touraine but not so many reds. Occasionally blended with Gamay for Rosé d’Anjou.
Groppello Gentile is used for the production of what wine?
Lambrusco
Basque grape that is important for dry versions of Jurancon AOP and Béarn AOP whites but not for sweet wines there?
Gros Manseng; Petit Manseng is the most coveted for sweet wines due to its thinner skins.
Swiss synonyms for Silvaner?
Gros Rhin
Johannisberg (Valais)
South African synonym for Muscat of Alexandria?
Hanepoot
Uruguay synonym for Tannat?
Harriague
Grape that brings spicy aromatic perfume to Furmint in Tokaji?
Hárslevelú
What is a heritage clone?
term used particularly in parts of the New World for cuttings from particularly historic vines such as those from century-old ungrafted vines that could be traced back to a time prior to grafting due to phylloxera. Cuttings such as this are known for being largely virus free as many viruses were introduced from grafting.
Red and white grapes of Txakoli?
Hondarrabi Beltza (red) Handarrabi Zuri (white)
Where is Humagne Blanche grown?
Valais in Switzerland
French Hybrid grape permitted for Icewine?
Vidal
Tuscany’s Ansonica in Sicily?
Inzolia
Most plantings of hybrid Isabella?
Moldova, Brazil
Top two white grapes of Ischia?
Forastera and Biancolella
Tow two red grapes of Ischia?
Guarnaccia and Piedirosso
Most planted white grape of Savoie?
Jacquère
Dão synonym for Mencia?
Jaen
Slovenian synonym for Friulano?
Jakot
What is João de Santarém?
Tejo synonym for Castelão
Valais synonym for Silvaner?
Johannisberg
Star white grape of Somló?
Juhfark
Principal grape of Jumilla DO?
Monastrell/Mourvédre
Gamza in Bulgaria, Kallmet in Albania?
Kadarka
Top grape of Kalterersee?
Schiava
Hungarian synonym for Portugieser?
Kékoportó
Grape Kerner is most often compared to?
Riesling
Synonym for Savagnin in Alsace?
Klevener
Synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?
Klevner/Clevner
Star and best known indigenous grape of Japan?
Koshu
Top three red grapes of Crete?
Liatiko, Kotsifali, Mandilaria
What is Kratosija?
Synonym for Zinfandel in Montenegro
Top grape of Nova Scotia and Quebec?
L’Acadie Blanc
Specialty grape of Morro d’Alba (Marche)?
Lacrima di Morro d’Alba
Grape of Scuro, Dunkel, and Kretzer? Where are these produced?
Lagrein
Trentino-Alto Adige
What is Slovenian and Serbian synonym for Welschriesling?
Laški Rizling
What is the red grape of Leithaberg DAC?
Blaufrankisch (min 85%)
Where is the white grape Len de l’El grown?
Gaillac
Grapes of Lessona?
Spanna with Bonarda and Vespolino
Top grape of Lima subzone of Vinho Verde?
Loureiro
Synonym for Palomino Fino in the Canary Islands?
Listán
What is Chilean País known as in Spain?
Listán Prieto
Lladoner Pelut is a variant of which grape?
Grenache
Star red grape of Madiran AOP?
Tannat (60-80%) plus Cab Franc and Fer
Where is Magliocco grown and what is it most commonly blended with?
Calabria
Most commonly blended with Gaglioppo there
Synonym for Malbec on the Right Bank?
Pressac
The name Malvasia is thought to be Italian corruption of what Greek grape?
Monemvasia
Malvoisie in the Loire Valley?
Pinot Gris
Malvoisie in Bordeaux?
Clairette
Malvoisie in Roussillon and Corsica?
Vermentino
Where is Mammolo planted and in what wine was it historically a part of?
Grown in exclusively in Tuscany and Corsica.
Was historically a part of Chianti Blend
Two countries where Manseng Noir is grown?
France and Uruguay
What is the most planted grape in Mallorca?
Manto Negro
What is the grape of Marcillac AOP?
Fer (min 90%)
Fernão Pires in Bairrada and Vinho Verde?
Maria Gomes
What are two Galician synonyms for Trousseau?
Merenzao
Maria Ordoña
Where is the Marquette grape from and where is it grown today?
Bred in Minnesota and grown in Canada and throughout various chilly American states.
St.-Péray synonym for Marsanne?
Roussette
Cabernet Sauvignon x Grenache Noir? Where is this grown?
Marselan
Languedoc
Where is the Marzemino grape grown?
Late-ripening red grape variety grown in northern Italy mainly in Trentino but found in Lombardia and Friuli as well.
Australian synonym for Mourvèdre?
Mataro
Synonym for Trousseau in Rioja, Spain?
Maturana Tinta
Grape of Maury Tuilé? Grenat?
Both from Grenache
Grape(s) of Maury Ambré?
Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris
Where is Mavrodaphne grown and what kind of wines does it produce?
Pátras in Peloponnese.
Produced as Vin Doux Liqueur in style on Pátras as Mavrodaphne of Pátras PDO. Produced commonly as a powerful aromatic red dry wine on the island of Cephalonia.
Where could you find Mavrotragano?
Santorini
Spanish synonym for Carignan?
Mazuelo
High quality red grape of Bulgaria grown exclusively in the Struma Valley?
Melnik
Bulgaria’s other noble red grape not named Melnik?
Mavrud
Parents of Melon de Bourgogne?
Pinot x Gouais Blanc
Two synonyms for Menu Pineau?
Orbois and Arbois Blanc
Where is Marenzao produced?
Valdeorras DO; synonymous with Trousseau
What is the most planted wine grape in both Bordeaux and in France overall?
Merlot
Grape of methode dioise ancestrale?
Clairette
Where is Misket produced?
Bulgaria
Where is Molette grown and what style of wines is it most used for?
Savoie where it’s commonly used for the sparkling wines of Seyssel.
Where is Molinara grown and in what wines is it commonly used for?
Veneto, specifically blends for Valpolicella wines.
Grapes used for the production of Monbazillac?
Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Gris, and Muscadelle
Where is Mondeuse Blanche grown?
Savoie
Where is Monica grown and what DOC is it produced under?
Sardinia
Monica di Sardinia DOC
Principal red grape in both Rosso Conero DOC and Rosso Piceno DOC?
Montepulciano
Top grape of Montilla-Moriles?
Pedro Ximinéz
Montonico Nero is the same as?
Gaglioppo
Austrian synonym for Chardonnay and Eastern France synonym for Pinot Noir?
Morillon
Most planted variety in Morocco? Second-most?
Cinsaut
Carignan is second-most
Synonym for Muscat Blanc around Montalcino?
Moscadello
Torrontes in Austria?
Moscatel de Austria
What is Zibbibo known as outside of Italy?
Muscat of Alexandria
What is Garnacha Tintorera also known as?
Alicante and Alicante Bouschet
What is the most widely planted Teinturier grape in France?
Alicante Bouschet
Clare Riesling and Cape Riesling are also known as what?
Crouchen Blanc
What crossing created Colombard?
Chenin Blanc x Gouais Blanc
Cape Riesling and Clare Riesling are actually what grape?
Crouchen
Fromonteau is a synonym for what grapes?
Roussanne of the Rhone Valley and Savagnin of the Jura
Fromonteau Gris is a synonym for what grape?
Pinot Gris
What is Zinfandel known as in Croatia?
Tribidrag
