List of grape varieties

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This is a list of varieties of cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a Table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).

Contents 1 Single species grapes 1.1 Vitis vinifera grapes (wine) 1.1.1 Red grapes 1.1.2 White grapes 1.1.3 Vitis vinifera (wine and table) 1.2 Vitis labrusca (wine and table) 1.2.1 Wine grapes 1.2.2 Table grapes 1.2.2.1 Green table grapes 1.2.2.2 Red table grapes 1.2.2.3 Purple table grapes 1.2.2.4 Varied/Other 1.3 Vitis riparia (wine grape rootstock and hybridization source) 1.4 Vitis rotundifolia (table and wine) 1.5 Vitis aestivalis (wine) 2 Multispecies hybrid grapes 2.1 Vinifera hybrids (wine) 2.2 Non-vinifera hybrids (table) 2.3 Non-vinifera hybrids (rootstock) 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] Single species grapes

While some of the grapes in this section are hybrids, they are hybridized within a single species (for example, Niagara). For those grapes hybridized across species, see below.

[edit] Vitis vinifera grapes (wine)

[edit] Red grapes

[edit] White grapes

[edit] Vitis vinifera (wine and table)

• Black Rose
• Muscat
• Sultana / Thompson Seedless
• Valencia

[edit] Vitis labrusca (wine and table)

[edit] Wine grapes

• Catawba
• Concord
• Delaware
• Niagara
• Noah
• Isabella
• Ivy

[edit] Table grapes

[edit] Green table grapes

• Perlette
• Sugarone
• Calmeria
• Superior Seedless (Menindee Seedless)

[edit] Red table grapes

• Flame Seedless
• Red Globe
• Ruby Seedless
• Christmas Rose
• Emperor
• Rouge
• Crimson Seedless
• Tudor Premium Red
• Swenson Red
• Canadice

[edit] Purple table grapes

• Beauty Seedless
• Autumn Royal
• Ribier
• Fantasy Seedless
• Marroo
• Niabell
• Bluebell
• Concord

[edit] Varied/Other

• Himrod (white)

[edit] Vitis riparia (wine grape rootstock and hybridization source)

• Riparia Gloire
• Riparia Grand Glabre
• Riparia Scribner
• Riparia Martin

[edit] Vitis rotundifolia (table and wine)

• Muscadine
• Scuppernong

[edit] Vitis aestivalis (wine)

• Norton / Cynthiana

[edit] Multispecies hybrid grapes

[edit] 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.

• Agawam, Vitis labrusca x Vitis vinifera
• Aurora
• Aurore
• Baco 22A (Baco blanc)
• Baco noir (Baco 1)
• Cayuga White
• Chambourcin
• Chancellor
• Chardonel
• Chelois
• Couderc Noir
• De Chaunac
• Edelweiss
• Elvira
• Esprit
• Kay Gray
• L'Ambertille
• La Crosse
• Léon Millot
• Marechal Foch
• Melody
• Ravat
• Rayon d'Or
• Regent
• Rondo
• Rougeon
• St. Croix
• St. Pepin
• Seyval Blanc
• Traminette
• Vidal Blanc
• Vignoles / Ravat 51
• Villard Blanc

[edit] Non-vinifera hybrids (table)

• Beta, Vitis labrusca X Vitis riparia

[edit] Non-vinifera hybrids (rootstock)

• 110R

[edit] Further reading

• Jancis Robinson, Vines, Grapes and Wines, Mitchell Beazley, London, 2002. ISBN 1-85732-999-6.

[edit] External links

• Most common varietal wines
• Winegrape glossary
• Parent percentages for some hybrid grapes
• List of U.S. recognized varietal names
• Wine grape varietal table
• 300 Grape varieties for wine