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This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis.
In viticulture, the grape cluster (also bunch of grapes) is a fertilized inflorescence of the grapevine, the only part of this plant used for food. [1] The size of the grape bunch greatly varies, from few grams to kilograms, depending on the grape variety and conditions during the fruit set .
In biology, the BBCH-scale for grapes describes the phenological development of grapes using the BBCH-scale. The phenological growth stages and BBCH-identification keys of grapes are: Growth stage
The harvesting of green (unripe) grapes in an attempt to increase the yield of quality grapes. Grey rot The undesirable presence of Botrytis cinera, particularly in unripe or red wine grapes, that can cause poor coloration and various wine fault and off flavors in the resulting wine Guyot
Greek philosophers praised the healing powers of grapes both whole and in the form of wine. Vitis vinifera cultivation and winemaking in China began during the Han dynasty in the 2nd century [27] with the importation of the species from Ta-Yuan. However, wild vine "mountain grapes" like Vitis thunbergii were being used for wine making before ...
Photographic plate of Isabella grape from the book The Grapes of New York, 1908 by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick. Isabella has long been assumed to be a hybrid of a wild Vitis labrusca x Vitis vinifera. A vinifera parentage was inferred largely because of Isabella's susceptibility to mildew and black rot.
Vitis riparia Michx, with common names riverbank grape or frost grape, [1] is a vine indigenous to North America.As a climbing or trailing vine, it is widely distributed across central and eastern Canada and the central and northeastern parts of the United States, from Quebec to Texas, and eastern Montana to Nova Scotia.
The grape is a cross of the Königin der Weingärten and Alphonse-lavallée table grapes, according to latest research. [1] In the United States , Bulgaria , North Macedonia , Croatia , France , Italy , Romania , Spain , and Portugal the grape is used as a typical table grape for eating and making raisins .