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.
The term grape variety refers to cultivars (rather than the botanical varieties that must be named according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants).
Single-species grapes
While some of the grapes in this list[1][2][3][4][5] are hybrids, they are hybridized within a single species. For those grapes hybridized across species, known as interspecific hybrids, see the section on multispecies hybrid grapes below.
Vitis vinifera (wine)
Red grapes
White grapes
Rose grapes
Vitis vinifera (table)
Red table grapes
White table grapes
Vitis labrusca (wine and table)
Many commercial varieties commonly called labrusca are actually complex interspecies hybrids.
Wine grapes
Red table grapes
Purple/Pink table grapes
Varied/Other
- Cassady (green)
- Golden Muscat (green)
- Himrod (white)
- Interlaken (white)
- Lakemont (white)
- Marquis (white)
- Neptune (white)
- Seneca (green)
Vitis riparia (wine grape rootstock and hybridization source)
- Riparia Gloire
- Riparia Grand Glabre
- Riparia Scribner
- Riparia Martin
- Riparia 89
- Americas
Vitis rotundifolia (table and wine)
- Big Red (grape)
- Black Beauty (grape)
- Black Fry
- Carlos (grape)
- Cowart
- Darlene (grape)
- Dixie Red
- Early Fry
- Fry (grape)
- Granny Val
- Higgins (grape)
- Hunt
- Hunter (grape)
- Ison's
- Janebell (grape)
- Janet (grape)
- Jumbo (grape)
- Late Fry
- Magnolia (grape)
- Muscadine
- Nesbit (grape)
- Noble
- Pam (grape)
- Pineapple (grape)
- Scarlet (grape)
- Scuppernong
- Southland
- Sugargate
- Supreme (grape)
- Summit (grape)
- Sweet Jenny
- Tara (grape)
- Triumph (grape)
Vitis rupestris
Vitis aestivalis (wine)
Vitis mustangensis (table/wine/dyes)
Multispecies hybrid grapes
Vinifera hybrids (wine)
Hybrid grape varieties (see Hybrid grapes) or "hybrids" is, in fact, the popular term for a subset of what are properly known as hybrids, specifically crossings between one species of the genus vitis and another. The scientific definition of a hybrid grape is any crossing (intra- or inter-specific) of two grape varieties. In keeping with the popular definition, however, the ones listed below are inter-specific hybrids where one parent is a European grape. Most of these are complex mixtures of three or more species and all parents are not always clearly known.
Vinifera hybrids (table)
Non-vinifera hybrids (table and wine)
- Beta, Vitis labrusca X Vitis riparia
- Cascade, complex hybrid
- Clinton, Vitis labrusca X Vitis riparia
- Bordo/Ives noir, probably Vitis labrusca X Vitis aestivalis
- Jaeger 70, Vitis aestivalis and Vitis rupestris
- L'Acadie blanc, complex hybrid
- Landal noir, complex hybrid
- Landot noir, complex hybrid
- Minnesota 78, Vitis labrusca X Vitis riparia X possibly Vitis vinifera
- Muscat bleu, complex hybrid
- Seyval blanc, complex hybrid
- Seyval noir, complex hybrid
Non-vinifera hybrids (rootstock)
- SO4, Vitis berlandieri Planch. X V. riparia Michx.
- 5BB, Vitis berlandieri Planch. X V. riparia Michx.
- 5C, Vitis berlandieri Planch. X V. riparia Michx.
- 110R, V. berlandieri x V. rupestris
- 1616 Couderc, Vitis solonis x V. riparia
- Harmony, ((V. riparia x V. labrusca) x V. vinifera) x Vitis champinii
- 8909-05, Vitis rupestris 'A. de Serres' x Vitis rotundifolia 'Cowart'
- 3309 C, V. riparia x V. rupestris
See also
Further reading
Notes
- ^ The Ruffino family claims to be the only producer of Mataòssu, claiming both that Mataòssu and Lumassina are separate (but closely related) varieties, and that other wines labeled Mataòssu are in fact Lumassina. Others state that Mataòssu and Lumassina are different names for the same variety.
References
- ^ Robinson, Jancis; Harding, Julia; Vouillamoz, José (2012). Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours. New York: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0062206367.
- ^ "The European Vitis Database". www.eu-vitis.de. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ^ a b c "Vitis International Variety Catalogue". www.vivc.de. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ^ "National Grape Registry". ngr.ucdavis.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ^ "Wine Varietals Guide - Types of Grapes | Wine of the Month Club". The International Wine of the Month Club. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ KRAS.
- ^ "Punta Crena". Kermit Lynch.
- ^ "Italian wine and grape guide : Lumassina".
External links
- National Grape Registry (NGR)
- PlantGrape (catalogue of vines grown in France: varieties, rootstocks, clones)
- Wine varietal directory
- Most common varietal wines
- Grape varieties and Common Blends
- Grape Growers Handbook