The Grape Atlas
Wine grape varieties
461 grape varieties, from the famous to the nearly extinct: what each one tastes like, where it grows, and the stories behind it.
Red grapes (232)
- Ag Kisi Dagestan's Ghost Red
- Agiorgitiko Blood of Hercules
- Aglianico The contested 'Barolo of the South'
- Aladasturi Allah's Consent — Georgia's Forbidden Red
- Albilla Spain's Ancient White, Lost in Translation
- Aleatico The Aromatic Red Hermit
- Aleksandrouli The Royal Half of Khvanchkara
- Alexandrouli Stalin's Favorite Grape
- Alfrocheiro The Dão's Mysterious Aristocrat
- Alicante Bouschet The Red-Blooded Rebel
- Aligoté Doré Burgundy's Golden Secret
- Alphonse Lavallée Indonesia's Wine Grape
- Areni The World's Oldest Wine Grape
- Areni Noir Armenia's flagship red
- Babić The Primošten Powerhouse
- Baboso Negro The Volcanic Survivor
- Baga The Portuguese Nebbiolo
- Baladí-Verdejo The Andalusian Chameleon
- Barbera Piedmont's everyday red turned serious wine
- Bastardo The Wandering Blender
- Bastardo Negro The Volcanic Outcast
- Belgia Bali's Tropical Muscat
- Blatina Herzegovina's Hidden Treasure
- Blauer Wildbacher Styria's Electric Pink Soul
- Blaufränkisch The great red of the Austro-Hungarian borderlands
- Bobal Spain's great sourcing paradox
- Boğazkere The Throat-Scraper
- Bonarda Argentina's Secret Second
- Bonarda di Gattinara Gattinara's Secret Softener
- Bondola Ticino's Forgotten Native
- Bovale Sardinia's Spanish Connection
- Brancellao Galicia's Ghost Grape
- Braquet The Secret Grape of the Côte d'Azur
- Brunal The Forgotten King of Arribes
- Bujariego The Volcanic White of La Palma
- Cabernet Franc The Patriarch of Bordeaux
- Cabernet Gernischt China's Secret Carménère
- Cabernet Sauvignon Bordeaux's Accidental King
- Caíño The Galician Ghost Grape
- Caiño Tinto Galicia's Acid-Fired Red
- Calitor The Phantom of Provence
- Callet Mallorca's Mediterranean Soul
- Canaiolo Sangiovese's softening sidekick
- Carcajolo Nero The Ghost of Figari
- Carignan From junk grape to cult category
- Carménère Bordeaux's Lost Sixth Grape
- Casavecchia The Old House Red of Campania
- Castelão Portugal's Versatile Native
- Catawba America's First Wine Star
- Cesanese Rome's Only Noble Red
- Chambourcin The French-American Diplomat
- Chidiriotiko Lesbos's Secret Red
- Ciliegiolo The cherry grape — Sangiovese's own child
- Cinsault The workhorse-to-darling grape
- Colorino The Color Corrector of Chianti
- Concord America's Grape — From Jelly Jar to Nagano
- Cornalin Valais's Nearly-Lost Red
- Corvina Amarone's anchor grape
- Counoise Châteauneuf's Spicy Secret
- Courbu The Basque Backbone
- Criolla The Americas' Original Vine
- Croatina Northern Italy's Bonarda Naming Trap
- Dolcetto Il vino dell'amicizia (the wine of friendship)
- Duras Gaillac's Structured Partner
- Espadeiro The Sword Carrier of Vinho Verde
- Fer Servadou The Iron Fist of Marcillac
- Fetească Neagră Romania's Black Maiden
- Folle Noire The Crazy Black of Nice
- Frappato Sicily's Light and Lovely
- Freisa The Strawberry Ghost
- Frontenac The Polar Survivor
- Fumin The Valle d'Aosta Wild Card
- Gaglioppo Calabria's Ancient Heart
- Gamaret Switzerland's Fourth Red
- Gamay The 'Sprinter' of red grapes
- Graciano Rioja's Aromatic Secret
- Greco Nero Calabria's Dark Colonial Vine
- Grenache El Imperio de la Garnacha
- Grignolino The Pale Tannic Puzzle
- Hondarrabi Beltza The Basque Red Rarity
- Hondarrabi Zuri Zerratia The Basque Blender — Petit Courbu of the Atlantic Coast
- Humagne Rouge Valais's Mystery Red
- Izkiriota The Gascon in Basque Clothing — Gros Manseng of the Txakoli Blends
- Izkiriota Ttippia Little Manseng, Big Flavors — Petit Manseng Under the Basque Sky
- Jaen Dão's Dark Horse
- Juan García The Canyon Grape
- Kadarka Bull's Blood Hero
- Kalecik Karası Turkey's Burgundian Discovery
- Kallmet Albania's 'Balkan Chianti'
- Kara Janjal Uzbekistan's Dark Red
- Kara Kisi Dagestan's Dark Secret
- Karalahna Turkey's Dark Blender
- Karasakiz The Black Mastic
- Karmrahyut Armenia's Sweet Red
- Khndoghni Artsakh's Laughing Red
- Kokur Crimea's Ancient White Ghost
- Koshu Japan's Ancient Pink Mystery
- Kotsifali Crete's Blending Partner
- Krasnostop Russia's Indigenous Red Soul
- Krasnostop Zolotovsky Don Valley's Crown Jewel
- Kuekfrankos Hungary's Red Soul
- Lado The Jewel of Arnoia
- Lagrein The Dark Prince of Alto Adige
- Lambrusco Fenomeno Lambrusco (Italy's 1980s Lambrusco boom)
- Lambrusco di Sorbara The Pale Prince of Modena
- Lambrusco Grasparossa The Dark Knight of Castelvetro
- Liatiko Crete's Ancient Sweet Wine Grape
- Limnio Homer's Grape
- Listán Negro The Volcanic Island Rebel
- Listán Prieto The Mission Accomplished
- Malbec The Black Wine of Cahors
- Mammolo The Violet Whisperer
- Mandilaria The Aegean Color Monster
- Mandó Valencia's Vanishing Grape
- Maratheftiko Cyprus's Noble Red
- Maréchal Foch The Cold-Climate Rebel
- Marmajuelo The Sea Wind White
- Marquette Minnesota's Cold-Hardy Star
- Marselan China's Signature Red
- Marzemino Mozart's Favorite Wine
- Maturana Tinta The Ghost of Navarrete
- Mavro Cyprus's Everyday Black
- Mavrotragano Santorini's Black Miracle
- Mavrud Thrace's Noble Warrior
- Mayolet The Alpine Ghost
- Melnik Bulgaria's Ancient Broad-Leaved
- Melnik Ruby Bulgaria's Modern Answer to Tradition
- Mencía Bierzo's Pinot Noir Cousin
- Merlot World's most-planted red grape
- Merseguera Valencia's Forgotten White
- Molinara The Forgotten Acidity Architect
- Mondeuse The Alpine Syrah
- Monica Sardinia's Soft Red
- Montepulciano Abruzzo's everyday red
- Montonico Abruzzo's Champagne Secret
- Moravia Agria The Sour Survivor of La Mancha
- Moristel The Pyrenean Survivor
- Mourvèdre The Three-Named Grape (Monastrell / Mourvèdre / Mataro)
- Mujuretuli Khvanchkara's Dark Backbone
- Muscadine America's First Grape
- Muscardin The Forgotten Fifteenth
- Muscat Bailey A Japan's Own Red Creation
- Nebbiolo Piedmont's Paradox Grape
- Negoska Goumenissa's Blend Partner
- Negra Mole Southern Portugal's Forgotten Red
- Négrette The Violet-Scented Unicorn
- Negroamaro The black-bitter grape with an unknown name
- Negru de Drăgășani Drăgășani's Black Gold
- Nerello Cappuccio Etna's Softer Side
- Nerello Mascalese The Burgundy of Italy
- Nero d'Avola Calabrese — its own country's official name for it
- Nero di Troia The Dark Prince of Puglia
- Nielluccio Corsica's Wild Sangiovese
- Norton America's Native Red
- Ojaleshi Lechkhumi's Sweet Secret
- Öküzgözü Anatolia's Velvet Eye
- Oseleta Amarone's Secret Weapon
- Otskhanuri Sapere Imereti's Wild Heart
- País The Conquistador Grape
- Pallagrello The Bourbon King's Grape
- Papazkarası The Priest's Secret
- Pascale Sardinia's Spanish Sleeper
- Pelaverga The White Pepper Unicorn
- Perricone Sicily's Forgotten Red
- Persan Savoie's Nearly Extinct Red
- Petit Rouge Valle d'Aosta's Heart
- Petit Verdot Bordeaux's 2% Secret Weapon
- Petite Sirah NOT Syrah! (Identity Crisis)
- Piedirosso The Red-Footed Grape
- Pignola The Quiet Ally of the Alps
- Pignolo The Resurrection Grape
- Pinot Meunier Champagne's Third Musketeer
- Pinot Noir The Heartbreak Grape
- Pinotage South Africa's own grape
- Plant Robert The Ghost of Lavaux
- Plavac Mali Croatia's Mediterranean Star
- Plavina The Dalmatian Beach Red
- Plechistik The Don River Blender
- Poulsard The See-Through Beauty
- Prieto Picudo León's Pointed Secret
- Prokupac Serbia's Indigenous Gem
- Prunelard The Black Plum of Gaillac
- Pugnitello The Tuscan Resurrection
- Raboso The Venetian Beast
- Ramisco The Sand-Grown Survivor
- Rară Neagră The Grandmother's Grape
- Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Livia's Red
- Refošk Istria's Rustic Character
- Regent Germany's Disease-Defying Red
- Romeiko Western Crete's Wild Red
- Rondinella Amarone's Little Swallow
- Rondo The Climate Refugee's Red
- Rossese The Ligurian Riviera's Red
- Ruché The Aromatic Mystery
- Sagrantino The Tannin Monster
- Sangiovese The Blood of Jupiter
- Saperavi The Dyer
- Schiava The Alpine Everyday Red
- Schioppettino The Pepper Bomb
- Shavkapito Kartli's Black Sheep
- Shesh i Zi Albania's Black Shesh
- Sousão The Color Cannon
- St. Laurent The Pinot That Austria Perfected
- Stanušina Macedonia's Light Red
- Sumoll The Natural Wine Resurrection
- Syrah The Late One
- Tannat The Tannin Monster
- Tavkveri Kartli's Crimson Chameleon
- Tazzelenghe The Tongue-Cutter
- Tempranillo The Early One — Spain's grape of seven names
- Teran The Iron-Rich Red
- Teroldego Trentino's Dark Prince
- Tibouren The Rosé Aristocrat
- Tinta Amarela The Plum-Scented Workhorse
- Tinta Barroca Port's Soft Heart
- Tinta Cão The Noble Port Perfumer
- Tinta Negra Madeira's Workhorse Wonder
- Touriga Franca The Douro Workhorse
- Touriga Nacional Port's King
- Trepat The Cava Rosé Grape
- Trincadeira Portugal's Aromatic Native
- Trousseau Jura's Translucent Cult Wine
- Urla Karası Urla's Local Red
- Usakhelouri Georgia's Rarest Treasure
- Vasilaki Imbros's Unique Variety
- Vespolina Nebbiolo's pepper-scented shadow partner
- Vinhão Vinho Verde's Dark Secret
- Vranac The Black Stallion
- Xinomavro Greece's Acid-Black Nebbiolo
- Zilga Latvia's Sky-Blue Hybrid
- Zinfandel The Californian Chameleon
- Zweigelt Rotburger — its name for the first 50 years
White grapes (228)
- Aidani Santorini's Aromatic Secret
- Airén The Invisible Giant
- Albana Romagna's Golden Rebel
- Albarín Blanco The Ghost White of Green Spain
- Albariño Galicia's signature aromatic white
- Albarola The Cliffhanger of the Ligurian Riviera
- Albillo Mayor The White Father of Tempranillo
- Albillo Real Madrid's Mountain White
- Alcañón The Ghost of Somontano
- Aligoté Burgundy's other white
- Altesse Savoie's Noble Lady
- Amigne The Bee-Rated Queen of Vétroz
- Antão Vaz The White Queen of Alentejo
- Arbane The Ghost of Champagne
- Arinto Portugal's Riesling
- Arneis The 'white Nebbiolo' that isn't Nebbiolo
- Arrufiac The Gunflint Ghost of Gascony
- Asprinio The Sky-High Acid White
- Assyrtiko The Chardonnay of Greece
- Athiri The Aegean's Ancient Refresher
- Azal The Acid Engine of Vinho Verde
- Bacchus The Hedgerow Poet
- Bayan Shirey Central Asia's White Workhorse
- Bellone Rome's Bread Grape
- Biancame The Marche's hidden secret
- Biancolella Ischia's Seaside White
- Bical Bairrada's Hidden Backbone
- Blanc de Valdigne The Roof of Europe's Vineyards
- Blanc du Bois The Gulf Coast Survivor
- Bogdanuša The God-Given White of Hvar
- Bombino Bianco The Debt Payer of Southern Italy
- Bornova Misketi Izmir's Aromatic Muscat
- Bosco The Acrobat's Grape
- Bourboulenc Châteauneuf's Late Secret
- Brachetto Italy's Romantic Red Fizz
- Bual Madeira's Rich Seductress
- Caiño Blanca Galicia's Forgotten White
- Caiño Blanco The Atlantic White Survivor
- Carignan Blanc The White Mutation
- Carricante Etna's Volcanic White
- Castellana Spain's Forgotten Founding Father
- Catarratto Sicily's Most Planted Secret
- Çavuş Aegean's Table-Wine Grape
- Chardonel The Midwest's Chardonnay
- Chardonnay The Winemaker's Blank Canvas
- Chasselas Switzerland's National Grape
- Chenin Blanc Steen — the Loire shapeshifter
- Chinuri Kartli's Sparkling Star
- Clairette The most misunderstood white grape in southern France
- Cococciola Rarely poured even at home
- Coda di Volpe The Fox Tail of Campania
- Códega Douro's Traditional White
- Colombard Cognac's Distillation Workhorse
- Completer Graubünden's Rarest White
- Cortese Gavi's Quiet Star
- Crato Branco Alentejo's Local White
- Dafni The Rescued Aromatic
- Debinë Albania's Mountain White
- Debit The North Dalmatian White
- Dimyat The Black Sea Aromatic
- Dona Branca The White Lady of the Atlantic
- Durella The Volcanic Sparkler
- Elbling The Romans' Own Grape
- Emir Cappadocia's Mountain White
- Encruzado Dão's Noble Secret
- Erbaluce Dawn's Dew
- Falanghina The grape rescued from the distillery
- Favorita Roero's Crisp Secret
- Fetească Albă Romania's White Princess
- Fetească Regală Romania's Royal Cross
- Fiano Campania's Ancient Treasure
- Friulano Friuli's Identity Crisis
- Furmint Tokaji's Golden Soul
- Garganega Veneto's white workhorse-turned-thoroughbred
- Garnacha Blanca The Mediterranean's Golden White
- Garrido Fino The Discovery Wine Grape
- Garró Terra Alta's Hidden Treasure
- Gewürztraminer Traminer's aromatic pink-skinned mutation
- Glera The grape that used to be called Prosecco
- Godello Galicia's Hidden Treasure
- Gok Ala The Ancient Caspian White
- Goruli Mtsvane Kartli's Continental Jewel
- Grașă de Cotnari Moldavia's Sweet Gold
- Graševina Croatia's White Workhorse
- Grechetto Umbria's Aromatic Soul
- Greco The Greek Heritage
- Greco Bianco Calabria's Ancient Greek Treasure
- Grenache Gris The Pink-Skinned Mutation
- Grillo Sicily's Rising Star
- Gringet Savoie's Rare White
- Grk The Last Vine Standing
- Gros Manseng The Béarnais Workhorse with Royal Credentials
- Grüner Veltliner GrüVe
- Hárslevelű Tokaj's Linden Leaf
- Heida The Highest Vineyard Grape
- Hondarrabi Zuri The Basque Sparkler
- Husayne Lady's Fingers
- Inzolia Sicily's Workhorse White
- Jacquère The Alpine Refresher
- Jani Guria's Forgotten Fighter
- Johanniter Germany's Riesling Heir
- Juhfark The Sheep's Tail
- Kakhet Armenia's Georgian Connection
- Kangun Armenia's Aromatic White
- Katta Kurgan Uzbekistan's Ancient Table Grape
- Kerner The German Crossing
- Khikhvi Georgia's Most Aromatic Survivor
- Khusaini Uzbekistan's Aromatic Grape
- Kisi The Aromatic Treasure
- Krakhuna Imereti's Amber Powerhouse
- Krstač Montenegro's Mountain Cross
- Kuldzhinskii Kazakhstan's Local White
- Kuntra Thrace's Obscure Red
- Kydonitsa Laconia's Secret White
- Len de l'El Gaillac's Aromatic Secret
- Loureira The Laurel of Vinho Verde
- Loureiro Vinho Verde's Aromatic Star
- Loureiro Blanca The Galician Laurel (Spanish synonym for Loureiro)
- Macabeo The Grape With Three Careers
- Malagousia The Rescued Star
- Malmsey Madeira's Liquid Gold
- Malvasia The Mediterranean Wanderer
- Malvasia Bianca The Workhorse of Roman Whites
- Malvasia Bianca Lunga Tuscany's hidden white grape
- Malvasia Istriana The Soul of Friuli's White Wines
- Malvasía Volcánica Lanzarote's Lunar Treasure
- Malvazija Istarska Istria's Mediterranean Soul
- Mantonico Calabria's Golden Secret
- Maria Gomes Bairrada's Sparkling Soul
- Marsanne The Waxy Wonder
- Mauzac The Bubbles Before Champagne
- Melon de Bourgogne Muscadet's Only Grape
- Merwah The Phoenician Survivor
- Meskhuri Mtsvane The Ghost Vine of Meskheti
- Minnella Etna's Ancient Partner
- Misket The Balkan Bouquet
- Monemvasia Malmsey's Greek Ancestor
- Moscatel de Setúbal Portugal's Golden Nectar
- Moscato The Ancient Aromatic
- Moscato Bianco The World's Most Loved Aromatic
- Moschofilero The Pink Aromatic
- Mtsvane Kakheti's Golden Partner
- Müller-Thurgau The Unrecognised Diva
- Muscadelle Bordeaux's Forgotten Perfumer
- Muscadet The Oyster Wine
- Narince Tokat's Elegant Lady
- Nascetta The Langhe's Forgotten White
- Nasco Sardinia's Rare Aromatic
- Neuburger Austria's Nutty Treasure
- Nosiola The Holy Week Grape
- Nuragus Sardinia's Ancient White
- Obeidi The Phoenician White
- Pálava Moravia's Aromatic Princess
- Palomino Sherry's blank canvas
- Parellada The quiet third of Cava's trio
- Passerina The Marche's Crisp Coastal White
- Pecorello The Little Sheep of Calabria
- Pecorino The rediscovered Sibillini mountain white
- Pedro Ximénez Andalusia's Liquid Raisins
- Petit Manseng The Pyrenean Treasure
- Petite Arvine Valais's Aromatic Jewel
- Picpoul Languedoc's Oyster Wine
- Pigato The Spotted Riviera White
- Pignoletto Bologna's Bubbly Soul
- Pinela Vipava's Subtle Charmer
- Pinot Blanc Alsace's Gentle Soul
- Pinot Gris The Grey Monk
- Pošip Dalmatia's Island Treasure
- Prié Blanc The Highest White in Europe
- Rabigato Douro's Citrus White
- Räuschling The Lake Zurich Acid Queen
- Rebula Slovenia's Orange Wine Pioneer
- Reichensteiner The Workhorse of English Fizz
- Ribolla Gialla The Orange Wine Pioneer
- Riesling The Paradox Grape
- Rkatsiteli Georgia's Ancient Soul
- Roditis Greece's Everyday Pink
- Romorantin The Loire's Forgotten Monarch
- Roter Veltliner The Wagram Diva
- Rotgipfler Thermenregion's Spicy Secret
- Roussanne Marsanne's Aromatic Partner
- Sauvignon Blanc Fumé Blanc
- Savagnin Jura's Funky Soul
- Savatiano Attica's Workhorse
- Scheurebe Germany's Pink Grapefruit Bomb
- Sémillon The grape that turns rot into greatness
- Sercial Madeira's Bone-Dry Knife
- Seyval Blanc The Versatile Hybrid White
- Shesh i Bardhë Albania's White Hope
- Silvaner Franken's Pride
- Síria The Dão's Main White
- Škrlet The Croatian Indigenous Rarity
- Solaris Climate Change's Pioneer White
- Soyaki The White of Parkent
- Sultaniye Turkey's Multipurpose Grape
- Tămâioasă Românească Romania's Frankincense Vine
- Tamjanika Serbia's Aromatic Treasure
- Tayfi Central Asia's Pink Giant
- Terret The Vermouth Grape
- Tetra Racha's Mountain Honey
- Thrapsathiri Crete's Rare White
- Timorasso Piedmont's White Revolution
- Torbato Alghero's Catalan Legacy
- Torrontés The Emblematic White Grape of Argentina
- Trebbiano Wine writing's least glamorous white
- Treixadura Galicia's Aromatic Jewel
- Verdejo Spain's Sauvignon Blanc
- Verdelho Madeira's Medium-Sweet Master
- Verdicchio The grape wearing three different names
- Verduzzo Friuli's Liquid Gold
- Vermentino The grape wearing four names
- Vespaiola The Wasp's Grape
- Vidal Canada's Ice Wine Champion
- Vidiano Crete's Next Assyrtiko
- Vilana Crete's Everyday White
- Viognier Maybe named 'the road to hell' — via Gehennae, unconfirmed
- Viosinho Douro's Rising White Star
- Voskehat Armenia's Golden Soul
- Vugava The Vis Island Treasure
- Welschriesling NOT Riesling!
- Xarel·lo The Backbone of Cava
- Xynisteri Cyprus's Mountain Survivor
- Yapıncak Thrace's Forgotten White
- Zelen Vipava's Green Secret
- Zéta Tokaj's Modern Creation
- Zibibbo Pantelleria's Sweet Siren
- Zierfandler Austria's Forgotten Aristocrat
- Zilavka Herzegovina's Ancient White