Grapes Flashcards
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What is Bastardo?
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Synonym for Trousseau in Portugal
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What is the synonym for Trousseau in Galicia?
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Merenzao
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What appellation produces wines from the Prié grape?
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The subzone of Morgex et de la Salle in the Valle d’Aosta subzone
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What crossing produced Blauburger?
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Blaufrankisch x Portugieser
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Where is Blauer Wildbacher grown and what specialty wine is it used to produce?
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Western Styria in Austria
Used for the production of the rosé specialty known as Schilcher
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What is the synonym for Blaufränkisch in Germany?
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Lemberger
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What is the Hungarian synonym for Blaufränkisch?
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Kékfrankos
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What is the Bulgarian synonym for Blaufrankisch?
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Gamé
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What is the star Hungarian appellation for Kékfrankos (Blaufrankisch)?
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Sopron
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What is the star appellation for Blaufrankisch in Austria?
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Burgenland on the north shores of the Neusiedlersee in Mittelburgenland and at Eisenberg in South Burgenland
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What is Blaufrankisch known as in Friuli?
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Franconia
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What is Blaufrankisch known as in the Czech Republic and Serbia?
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Frankovka
13
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What is the name for Malvazia Fina in Madeira?
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Boal/Bual
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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?
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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
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Where is Bombino Bianco planted?
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Planted mainly in Puglia but also found in Abruzzo where it is often confused with but may be identical to Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
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What is Early California also known as and where else is it grown?
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Arbouriou; grown in the Côtes du Marmandais AOP
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What is Acolon a cross of and where is it popular?
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Dornfelder x Lemberger (Blaufrankisch)
Increasingly popular in Württemberg and the Pfalz
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What is St. George also known as and where is it at its best?
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Agiogitiko
At its best in Nemea (Peloponnese)
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What are the 3 DOCG of Aglianico?
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Aglianico del Taburno DOCG (Campania) Taurasi DOCG (Campania)
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG (Basilicata)
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Where is the highest quality Aïdani produced?
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Santorini PDO
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What varietal accounts for almost a quarter of all Spanish vineyards and covers more area than any other white wine variety in the world?
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Airén
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Albalonga is a crossing of what? What German producer is known for producing high quality late-harvest wines from this grape?
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Rieslaner x Silvaner
Wittmann
23
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The white wine DOCG of Emilia-Romagna is produced from what grape?
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Albana
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What are Alvarinho’s most common blending partners in Vinho Verde?
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Loureiro, Treixadura, and Caiño
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What is the Ligurian DOC for Albarola?
Cinque Terre DOC
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Star white grape for Ribera del Duero DO white wines?
Albillo Mayor (min 75%)
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Tuscan passito DOCG from grape compared to Muscat?
Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG
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Synonym for Tinta Bastardinha. Where is its best expression?
Alfrocheiro
Dão is the best but also grown in Alentejo, Tejo, and Bairrada
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What is the most heavily planted teinturier grape in France and what is its synonym in Spain?
Alicante Bouschet
Known as Garnacha Tintorera
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Traditional grape for the wine mixed for Kir?
Aligoté
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Finest white grape of Savoie?
Altesse, aka Roussette
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What is the Portuguese synonym for Brancellao?
Alvarelhão
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Star grape of Moncão?
Alvarinho
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Where is Amigne grown?
Specialty grape of Vétroz in the Valais (Switzerland)
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In what wine might you fine the Ancellotta grape?
Lambrusco
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Tuscan synonym for Sicily's Inzolia?
Ansonica
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Produces full-bodied white wines in Alentejo and often blended with Arinto?
Antão Vaz
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Alentejo synonym for Tempranillo?
Aragonez
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Where would you find Arany Sárfehér?
Great Plain of Hungary
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Arbois Blanc is synonymous with?
Menu Pineau (Loire)
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Star white grape of Bucelas? What is its synonym in Vinho Verde?
Arinto
known as Pedernã in Vinho Verde
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What are three synonyms for Tempranillo in Portugal?
Aragonez
Arinto Tinto
Tinta Roriz
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AKA Barolo Bianco and its DOCG?
Arneis
Roero DOCG
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Where would you find Arrufiac?
Gascony in Pacherenc du Vic-Bihl AOP
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Nervy, citrusy, sometimes salty white wine grape considered the finest of indigenous white grapes in Valais?
Arvine aka Petite Arvine
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When Auxerrois is black-berried its found where?
Cahors, where it's a synonym for Cot/Malbec
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Synonym for Pinot Gris in Alsace?
Auxerrois Gris
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Star grape of Ayze?
Gringet
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Romania's second-most planted red grape behind Merlot?
Bābeascā Neagrā
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Second-most planted white grape behind Chardonnay in the U.K.?
Bacchus
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Star red grape of Bairrada?
Baga
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Star grape of Banyuls AOP and Banyuls Grand Cru AOP?
Grenache
min 50% for Banyuls AOP
min 75% for Banyuls Grand Cru AOP
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SW France AOP for white wine from Baroque?
Tursan AOP
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Principle grape of Bellet Blanc?
Rolle/Vermentino (min 60%)
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Roussanne synonym for Savoie?
Bergeron
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Forastera and Biancolella blend DOC?
Ischia DOC (Campania)
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Synonym for Charbono in Argentina?
Bonarda
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Romanian synonym for Cab Franc?
Bordo
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Where is Bosco grown?
Liguria
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What is the synonym for Cabernet Franc in St.-Emilion?
Bouchet
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Star white grape of La Clape?
Bourboulenc
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Graciano in Sardinia?
Bovale Sardo
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Star grape of Piedmont sparkling red DOCG?
Brachetto
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Loire synonym for Cab Franc?
Breton
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Top red grape of Brindisi DOC?
Negroamaro
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What is the Romanian synonym for Blaufrankisch?
Burgund Mare
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Synonym for Cot in Argentina and top appellation in France for it?
Malbec in Argentina
Cahors AOP in SW France
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Nero d'Avola is also known as?
Calabrese
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Top grape of Lago di Caldaro/Kalterersee?
Schiava
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Sardinian synonym for Grenache?
Cannonau
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Grape that must be present in Cape Blends?
Pinotage
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Cape Riesling synonym?
Crouchen Blanc
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Spanish synonyms for Carignan?
Mazuelo and Cariñena
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Highest quality white wine grape in Sicily?
Carricante
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What is the top red grape of Carso?
Terrano
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Second-most planted red grape in Portugal behind Tinta Roriz?
Castelão
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Cataratto is mostly used for the production of?
Marsala
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Top 3 grapes of Cava?
Xarel-lo
Macabeo
Parellada
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Indigenous red grape that's allowed for Cava but only in rosé?
Trepat
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La Mancha and Valdepeñas synonym for Tempranillo?
Cencibel
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Second-most planted grape in Argentina behind Malbec?
Cereza
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Star red grape of Lazio?
Cesanese
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Chambourcin is a French Hybrid that originated from where?
Loire Valley
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What is Charbono called in Savoie?
Douce Noire
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Synonym for Chasselas in Alsace?
Gutedel
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Synonym for Nebbiolo in Valtellina?
Chiavennasca
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What crossing created Pinotage?
Pinot Noir x Cinsaut
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Where is Côdega de Larinho planted?
Douro and Tras-os-Montes
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Top red and white grapes of Colares?
Ramisco (red)
| Malvasia de Colares (white)
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What crossing created Colombard?
Chenin Blanc x Gouais Blanc
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What is the most widely planted variety in New York?
Concord
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Star grape of Gavi DOCG?
Cortese
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Star grape of Valpolicella?
Corvinone
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What is the synonym for Mission in Peru?
Negra Corriente
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What is the synonym for pais in Argentina?
Criolla Chica
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What is Tribidrag?
Zinfandel in Croatia
aka Crljenak Kastelanski (Croatia) and Primitivo (Italy)
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Debina is the star grape of what PDO and where is this?
Zitsa PDO in Epirus
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De Chaunac is most relevant where?
Finger Lakes and Ontario
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What is Rossese known as in France?
Tibouren
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Ligurian synonym for Dolcetto?
Ormeasco
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What is the grape of Torcolato?
Vespaiola
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What are the grapes of Commandaria?
Mavro (red) and Xynisteri (white)
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What cross created Syrah?
Dureza x Mondeuse
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Where is the top Encruzado produced?
Dão
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What is the top grape of Caluso?
Erbaluce
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What is the synonym for Sercial in Vinho Verde and Bucelas?
Esgana Cão
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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.
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What is the grape of Falernian, Falerno del Massico DOC and Sannio DOC?
Falanghina
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What is the grape of Fara DOC?
Nebbiolo
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Synonym for Vermentino in Piedmont?
Favorita
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Synonym for Chasselas in Valais?
Fendant
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What is the appellation for Fer Servadou in SW France?
Marcillac AOP (min 80%)
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What is Portugal's most planted white grape? What is it called in Bairrada?
Fernão Pires
Called Maria Gomes in Bairrada
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What is Fié?
Synonym for old vine Sauvignon Gris from Loire Valley
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Where is Folgasão grown?
Trás-os-Montes DOP where it produces promising white wines.
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AOP for Folle Blanche?
Gros Plants du Pays Nantais AOP
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Where is Forastera grown?
Ischia DOC, the island off the coast of Naples
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What is the grape of the Côte du Forez?
Gamay
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Where is Frappato grown?
Sicily
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What is the main grape of Frascati?
Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia del Lazio
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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.
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Synonym for Sauvignonasse in Friuli?
Friulano
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Fromonteau is a synonym for what two grapes where?
Roussanne (Rhone Valley)
Savagnin (Jura)
Pinot Gris when called Fromonteau Gris
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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
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What is the grape of Fronton?
Négrette (min 50%)
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What is Frühburgunder?
Early maturing mutation of Pinot Noir
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Grape of Fumé Blanc?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Where is Fumin grown?
Valle d'Aosta
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Hungarian synonym for Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains?
Sárga Muskotály
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What is Šipon?
Croatian synonym for Furmint
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Sibling of Nerello Mascalese and star red grape of Cirò DOC red wines?
Gaglioppo
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What is the top grape of Gambellara?
Garganega (min 80%)
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Grape of Soave?
Garganega
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What is the Catalan synonym for Monastrell?
Garrut
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What is the grape of Gavi?
Cortese
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What is the synonym for Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains in Austria?
Gelber Muskateller
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Top grape of Prosecco?
Glera
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What is the Portuguese synonym for Godello?
Gouveio in the Douro and Verdelho do Dão in Dão
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French synonym for Graciano?
Morrastel
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Grape of Rülander?
Grauburgunder or Pinot Gris when it's made in a sweet style.
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Most planted wine grape of Croatia?
Grasevina (Welschriesling)
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Sicilian synonym for Garganega?
Grecanico Dorato
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Trebbiano in Orvieto?
Procanico (Trebbiano Toscano)
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Main grapes of Orvieto?
Procanico/Trebbiano Toscano and Grechetto
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Top appellation for Greco?
Greco di Tuffo DOCG in Campania
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Malvasia di Lipari in Calabria and top appellation for it?
Greco Bianco
Greco di Bianco DOC
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Italy's Tocai Rosso?
Grenache
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Appellation for Grignolino and where is it grown?
Grignolino d'Asti DOC
Grignolino del Monferrato DOC
Piedmont
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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.
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Groppello Gentile is used for the production of what wine?
Lambrusco
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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.
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Swiss synonyms for Silvaner?
Gros Rhin
| Johannisberg (Valais)
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South African synonym for Muscat of Alexandria?
Hanepoot
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Uruguay synonym for Tannat?
Harriague
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Grape that brings spicy aromatic perfume to Furmint in Tokaji?
Hárslevelú
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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.
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Red and white grapes of Txakoli?
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Hondarrabi Beltza (red)
Handarrabi Zuri (white)
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Where is Humagne Blanche grown?
Valais in Switzerland
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French Hybrid grape permitted for Icewine?
Vidal
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Tuscany's Ansonica in Sicily?
Inzolia
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Most plantings of hybrid Isabella?
Moldova, Brazil
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Top two white grapes of Ischia?
Forastera and Biancolella
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Tow two red grapes of Ischia?
Guarnaccia and Piedirosso
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Most planted white grape of Savoie?
Jacquère
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Dão synonym for Mencia?
Jaen
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Slovenian synonym for Friulano?
Jakot
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What is João de Santarém?
Tejo synonym for Castelão
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Valais synonym for Silvaner?
Johannisberg
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Star white grape of Somló?
Juhfark
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Principal grape of Jumilla DO?
Monastrell/Mourvédre
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Gamza in Bulgaria, Kallmet in Albania?
Kadarka
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Top grape of Kalterersee?
Schiava
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Hungarian synonym for Portugieser?
Kékoportó
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Grape Kerner is most often compared to?
Riesling
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Synonym for Savagnin in Alsace?
Klevener
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Synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?
Klevner/Clevner
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Star and best known indigenous grape of Japan?
Koshu
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Top three red grapes of Crete?
Liatiko, Kotsifali, Mandilaria
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What is Kratosija?
Synonym for Zinfandel in Montenegro
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Top grape of Nova Scotia and Quebec?
L'Acadie Blanc
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Specialty grape of Morro d'Alba (Marche)?
Lacrima di Morro d'Alba
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Grape of Scuro, Dunkel, and Kretzer? Where are these produced?
Lagrein
Trentino-Alto Adige
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What is Slovenian and Serbian synonym for Welschriesling?
Laški Rizling
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What is the red grape of Leithaberg DAC?
Blaufrankisch (min 85%)
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Where is the white grape Len de l'El grown?
Gaillac
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Grapes of Lessona?
Spanna with Bonarda and Vespolino
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Top grape of Lima subzone of Vinho Verde?
Loureiro
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Synonym for Palomino Fino in the Canary Islands?
Listán
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What is Chilean País known as in Spain?
Listán Prieto
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Lladoner Pelut is a variant of which grape?
Grenache
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Star red grape of Madiran AOP?
Tannat (60-80%) plus Cab Franc and Fer
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Where is Magliocco grown and what is it most commonly blended with?
Calabria
Most commonly blended with Gaglioppo there
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Synonym for Malbec on the Right Bank?
Pressac
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The name Malvasia is thought to be Italian corruption of what Greek grape?
Monemvasia
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Malvoisie in the Loire Valley?
Pinot Gris
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Malvoisie in Bordeaux?
Clairette
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Malvoisie in Roussillon and Corsica?
Vermentino
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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
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Two countries where Manseng Noir is grown?
France and Uruguay
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What is the most planted grape in Mallorca?
Manto Negro
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What is the grape of Marcillac AOP?
Fer (min 90%)
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Fernão Pires in Bairrada and Vinho Verde?
Maria Gomes
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What are two Galician synonyms for Trousseau?
Merenzao
| Maria Ordoña
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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.
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St.-Péray synonym for Marsanne?
Roussette
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Cabernet Sauvignon x Grenache Noir? Where is this grown?
Marselan
Languedoc
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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.
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Australian synonym for Mourvèdre?
Mataro
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Synonym for Trousseau in Rioja, Spain?
Maturana Tinta
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Grape of Maury Tuilé? Grenat?
Both from Grenache
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Grape(s) of Maury Ambré?
Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris
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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.
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Where could you find Mavrotragano?
Santorini
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Spanish synonym for Carignan?
Mazuelo
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High quality red grape of Bulgaria grown exclusively in the Struma Valley?
Melnik
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Bulgaria's other noble red grape not named Melnik?
Mavrud
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Parents of Melon de Bourgogne?
Pinot x Gouais Blanc
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Two synonyms for Menu Pineau?
Orbois and Arbois Blanc
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Where is Marenzao produced?
Valdeorras DO; synonymous with Trousseau
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What is the most planted wine grape in both Bordeaux and in France overall?
Merlot
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Grape of methode dioise ancestrale?
Clairette
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Where is Misket produced?
Bulgaria
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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.
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Where is Molinara grown and in what wines is it commonly used for?
Veneto, specifically blends for Valpolicella wines.
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Grapes used for the production of Monbazillac?
Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Gris, and Muscadelle
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Where is Mondeuse Blanche grown?
Savoie
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Where is Monica grown and what DOC is it produced under?
Sardinia
Monica di Sardinia DOC
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Principal red grape in both Rosso Conero DOC and Rosso Piceno DOC?
Montepulciano
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Top grape of Montilla-Moriles?
Pedro Ximinéz
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Montonico Nero is the same as?
Gaglioppo
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Austrian synonym for Chardonnay and Eastern France synonym for Pinot Noir?
Morillon
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Most planted variety in Morocco? Second-most?
Cinsaut
Carignan is second-most
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Synonym for Muscat Blanc around Montalcino?
Moscadello
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Torrontes in Austria?
Moscatel de Austria
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What is Zibbibo known as outside of Italy?
Muscat of Alexandria
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What is Garnacha Tintorera also known as?
Alicante and Alicante Bouschet
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What is the most widely planted Teinturier grape in France?
Alicante Bouschet
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Clare Riesling and Cape Riesling are also known as what?
Crouchen Blanc
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What crossing created Colombard?
Chenin Blanc x Gouais Blanc
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Cape Riesling and Clare Riesling are actually what grape?
Crouchen
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Fromonteau is a synonym for what grapes?
Roussanne of the Rhone Valley and Savagnin of the Jura
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Fromonteau Gris is a synonym for what grape?
Pinot Gris
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What is Zinfandel known as in Croatia?
Tribidrag
