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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 .
Niagara is the leading green grape grown in the United States. A purple variety, known as "pink" niagara (niágara rosada), exists and is the main niagara cultivated in southern Brazil , principally in the states of São Paulo , where the variety first occurred in 1933, [ 2 ] and Rio Grande do Sul .
Grape Color Region Abbuoto: Red: Lazio Abrusco: Red: Tuscany Acitana: Red: Sicily Addoraca: White: Calabria Aglianico: Red: Basilicata and Campania Aglianicone: Red
In North America, the most common grape juice is purple and made from Concord grapes, while white grape juice is commonly made from Niagara grapes, both of which are varieties of native American grapes, a different species from European wine grapes. In California, Sultana (known there as Thompson Seedless) grapes are sometimes diverted from the ...
Today, the grape is found throughout the wine-producing world, making a wide range of wine, from light, sweet sparkling and semi-sparkling Asti and Moscato d'Asti wine in the Piedmont wine region of Italy and Clairette de Die region of France, fortified vin doux naturels (VdN) in southern France in AOC regions such as Muscat de Beaume de Venise ...
Vitis labrusca, the fox grape, is a species of grapevines belonging to the Vitis genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae.The vines are native to eastern North America and are the source of many grape cultivars, including Catawba, Concord, Delaware, Isabella, Niagara, and many hybrid grape varieties such as Agawam, Alexander and Onaka.
The sultana grape is also used to make white wine, in which use it is known for its "sweet blandness". [3] [4] It is referred to as a "three-way grape" because it is used as a table grape, to make raisins and to make wine. [10] In the United States, it is the base for wine generically called "chablis". [10]
Savagnin blanc is mostly grown in the Jura.In 2007, total French plantations of the variety stood at 472 hectares (1,170 acres). [3] It is most famous as the only grape allowed in the vin jaunes of Château-Chalon and L'Étoile, similar to fino sherry with a covering of flor but not fortified and without the use of the solera system.