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 1.2 Vitis vinifera (wine and table) 1.2.1 Red table grapes 1.2.2 Green table grapes 1.3 Vitis labrusca (wine and table) 1.3.1 Wine grapes 1.3.2 Table grapes 1.3.2.1 Red table grapes 1.3.2.2 Purple table grapes 1.3.2.3 Varied/Other 1.4 Vitis riparia (wine grape rootstock and hybridization source) 1.5 Vitis rotundifolia (table and wine) 1.6 Vitis aestivalis (wine) 1.7 Vitis mustangensis (wine) 2 Multispecies hybrid grapes 2.1 Vinifera hybrids (wine) 2.2 Vinifera hybrids (table) 2.3 Non-vinifera hybrids (table) 2.4 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)

[edit] Red table grapes

• Black Corinth
• Black Rose
• Muscat
• Red Globe
• Sultana / Thompson Seedless
• Valencia

[edit] Green table grapes

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

[edit] Vitis labrusca (wine and table)

[edit] Wine grapes

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

[edit] Table grapes

[edit] Red table grapes

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

[edit] Purple table grapes

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

[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] Vitis mustangensis (wine)

• Mustang Grape

[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
• Solaris
• St. Croix
• St. Pepin
• Seyval Blanc
• Traminette
• Vidal Blanc
• Vignoles / Ravat 51
• Villard Blanc

[edit] Vinifera hybrids (table)

• Kyoho, Vitis vinifera x Vitis labrusca
• Honey Red

[edit] Non-vinifera hybrids (table)

• Beta, Vitis labrusca X Vitis riparia

[edit] Non-vinifera hybrids (rootstock)

• 110R

[edit] Further reading

• Robinson, Jancis (2002). Vines, Grapes and Wines. Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 1-85732-999-6. 
• Clarke, Oz (2001). Grapes and Wines. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-85726-2. 

[edit] External links

• Most common varietal wines
• Winegrape glossary
• 300 Grape varieties for wine

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