This list of grape varieties includes cultivated
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...
s, whether used for
wine
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, or eating as a
table grape
Table grapes are grapes intended for consumption as fresh fruit, as opposed to grapes grown for wine production, Juicing, juice production, jelly and jam making, or for drying into raisins.
''Vitis vinifera'' table grapes can be in the form of e ...
, fresh or dried (
raisin
A raisin is a Dried fruit, dried grape. Raisins are produced in many regions of the world and may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking, and brewing. In the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and South Afri ...
,
currant,
sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see ''
Vitis
''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 81 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus consists of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, bot ...
''.
The term ''grape variety'' refers to
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
s (rather than the
botanical varieties that must be named according to the
).
Single-species grapes
While some of the grapes in this list
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.
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Vitis vinifera
''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern ...
'' (wine)
Red grapes
White grapes
Rose grapes
''Vitis vinifera'' (table)
Red table grapes
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Black Corinth
Zante currants, Corinth raisins, Corinthian raisins or outside the United States simply currants, are raisins of the small, sweet, seedless grape cultivar Black Corinth (''Vitis vinifera''). The name comes from the Anglo-French phrase "raisin ...
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Black Monukka
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Black Rose
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Cardinal
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* Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...
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Mazzarrone
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Red Corinth
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Red Globe
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Valencia
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Red Flame
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Richard Walden
White table grapes
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Agh Shani
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Calmeria
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Centennial
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Cotton Candy grapes
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Koshu
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Malingre Précoce
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Mazzarrone
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Moonballs
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Perlette
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Rozaki
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Shine Muscat
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Sugraone
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Sultana /
Thompson Seedless
The sultana is a "white" (pale green), oval seedless grape variety also called the sultanina, Thompson Seedless (United States), Lady de Coverly (England), and oval-fruited Kishmish (Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India). It is a ...
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Superior Seedless (Menindee Seedless)
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Valvin Muscat
Valvin muscat is a hybrid grape variety for use in white wine production. It was developed by grape breeder Bruce Reisch at the Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and released on July 7, 2006.
Valvin muscat is th ...
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White Corinth
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Vitis labrusca
''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, ...
'' (wine and table)
Many commercial varieties commonly called ''labrusca'' are actually complex interspecies hybrids.
Wine grapes
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Campbell Early
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Catawba
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Concord
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Delaware
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Diamond
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Fredonia
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Isabella
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Ives
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* Alice Emma Ives (1876–1930), American dramatist, journalist
* Burl Ives (1909–1995), American singer, author and actor
* Charles Ives (1874–1954), Ame ...
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Niagara
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Noah
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Red table grapes
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Canadice
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Christmas Rose
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Crimson Seedless
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Einset
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Emperor
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Flame Seedless
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Reliance Seedless
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Rouge
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Ruby Roman
Ruby Roman is a variety of table grape grown and marketed entirely in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is red in color and about the size of a ping-pong ball. The first Ruby Roman grapes went on sale in August 2008 for 100,000 Japanese yen (US$910 ...
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Ruby Seedless
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Swenson Red
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Tudor Premium Red
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Suffolk Red
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Vanessa
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Yates
Purple/pink table grapes
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Alden
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Autumn Royal
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Beauty Seedless
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Bluebell
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Buffalo
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Concord
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Coronation
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Fantasy Seedless
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Glenora
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Jupiter
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Marroo
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Mars
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Niabell
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Ribier
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Steuben
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Van Buren
Varied/other
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Cassady (green)
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Golden Muscat
Golden means made of, or relating to gold.
Golden may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall
*Golden Cap, Dorset
* Golden Square, Soho, London
*Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestersh ...
(green)
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Himrod (white)
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Interlaken (white)
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Lakemont (white)
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Marquis
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(white)
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Neptune
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(white)
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Seneca (green)
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Vitis riparia
''Vitis riparia'' Michx, with common names riverbank grape or frost grape, is a vine indigenous to North America. As a climbing or trailing vine, it is widely distributed across central and eastern Canada and the central and northeastern parts ...
'' (wine grape rootstock and hybridization source)
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Riparia Gloire
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Riparia Grand Glabre
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Riparia Scribner
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Riparia Martin
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Riparia 89
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Americas
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Vitis rotundifolia
''Vitis rotundifolia'', or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. It has been extensive ...
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Big Red (grape)
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Black Beauty (grape)
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Black Fry
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Carlos (grape)
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Cowart
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Darlene (grape)
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Dixie Red
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Early Fry
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Fry (grape)
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Granny Val
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Higgins (grape)
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Hunt
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Hunter (grape)
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Ison's
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Janebell (grape)
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Janet (grape)
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Jumbo (grape)
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Late Fry
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Magnolia (grape)
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Muscadine
''Vitis rotundifolia'', or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southern United States, southeastern and south-central United States. The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. I ...
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Nesbit (grape)
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Noble
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Noble may also refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Noble Glacier, King George Island
* Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land
* Noble Peak, Wiencke Island
* Noble Rocks, Graham Land
Australia
* Noble Island, Gr ...
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Pam (grape)
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Pineapple (grape)
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Scarlet (grape)
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Scuppernong
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Southland
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Sugargate
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Supreme (grape)
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Summit (grape)
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Sweet Jenny
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Tara (grape)
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Triumph (grape)
'' Vitis rupestris''
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Rupestris St. George
'' Vitis aestivalis'' (wine)
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Black Spanish
'' Vitis mustangensis'' (table/wine/dyes)
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Mustang Grape
Multispecies hybrid grapes
Vinifera hybrids (wine)
Hybrid grape varieties (see
Hybrid grapes
Hybrid grapes are grape varieties that are the product of a Hybrid (biology), crossing of two or more ''Vitis'' species. This is in contrast to crossings between grape varieties of the same species, typically ''Vitis vinifera'', the European grape ...
) or "
hybrids" is, in fact, the popular term for a subset of what are properly known as ''hybrids'', specifically crossings between one
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of the
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''
Vitis
''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 81 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus consists of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, bot ...
'' 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.
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Alexander
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Variants listed here ar ...
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Agawam
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Aurore
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Baco 22A (
Baco blanc)
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Baco noir (
Baco 1)
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Blanc du Bois
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Brianna
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Cabernet blanc
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Cabernet Cortis
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Cayuga White
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Chambourcin
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Chancellor
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Chardonel
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Chelois
Chelois () is a variety of hybrid grape used in the production of red wines. The fruit are small blue-black berries, which appear in compact, medium-sized clusters. Chelois is among the less hardy hybrids of red-wine grapes.
History and origins
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Corot noir
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Couderc noir
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Crimson Cabernet
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De Chaunac
De Chaunac is a French-American hybrid wine grape variety used to make red wines. It was developed by Albert Seibel c. 1860. It is also known as Seibel 9549 and is a cross of Seibel 5163 and possibly Seibel 793. The grape was named after Adhemar ...
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Edelweiss
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Elvira
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In the Balkans, Elvira is popular among Bosniaks, Croats, and Slovenes in the ...
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Esprit
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Flora (grape)
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Flot rouge
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Frontenac
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Goethe
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Herbert
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Kay Gray
Kay Gray was developed by the Wisconsin grape breeder Elmer Swenson c. 1980 and is named after a family friend. It is a seedling of Swenson's own ES 217 (a cross of Minnesota 78 and Golden Muscat). Swenson collected open-pollinated seeds from this ...
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L'Acadie blanc
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L'Ambertille
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La Crescent
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La Crosse
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Léon Millot
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Louise Swenson
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Luci Kuhlmann
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Marechal Foch
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Marechal Joffre
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Marquette
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Massasoit
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Melody
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Merzling
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Noiret
Noiret is a Hybrid grapes, hybrid grape variety used in red wine production. It was developed and named by Cornell University researchers working at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, and was officially released on July 7, 2006.
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Norton / Cynthiana
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Onaka
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Orion
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Phoenix
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Plantet
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Prairie Star
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Ravat blanc / Ravat 6
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Ravat noir / Ravat 262
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Rayon d'Or
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Regent
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Rembrandt
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Requa
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Rondo
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*
Rosette
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Rougeon
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Royalty
Royalty may refer to:
* the mystique/prestige bestowed upon monarchs
** one or more monarchs, such as kings, queens, emperors, empresses, princes, princesses, etc.
*** royal family, the immediate family of a king or queen-regnant, and sometimes h ...
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Rubired
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St. Croix
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St. Pepin
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Severny
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Solaris
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Sovereign Opal
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Traminette
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Triomphe d'Alsace
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Valvin muscat
Valvin muscat is a hybrid grape variety for use in white wine production. It was developed by grape breeder Bruce Reisch at the Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and released on July 7, 2006.
Valvin muscat is th ...
*
Vidal blanc
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Vignoles /
Ravat 51
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Villard blanc
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Villard noir
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Zarya Severa
Vinifera hybrids (table)
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Boskoop Glory, ''
Vitis vinifera
''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern ...
'' x ''
Vitis labrusca
''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, ...
''
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Honey Red
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Kyoho, ''Vitis vinifera'' x ''Vitis labrusca''
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Pione, complex hybrid
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Rombough Seedless, ''Vitis labrusca'' x ''Vitis x Esprit''
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Thomcord, ''Vitis vinifera'' x ''Vitis labrusca''
Non-vinifera hybrids (table and wine)
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Beta
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, ''
Vitis labrusca
''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, ...
'' X ''
Vitis riparia
''Vitis riparia'' Michx, with common names riverbank grape or frost grape, is a vine indigenous to North America. As a climbing or trailing vine, it is widely distributed across central and eastern Canada and the central and northeastern parts ...
''
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Cascade
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Science and technology Science
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** Particle shower, a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high ...
, complex hybrid
*
Clinton, ''
Vitis labrusca
''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, ...
'' X ''
Vitis riparia
''Vitis riparia'' Michx, with common names riverbank grape or frost grape, is a vine indigenous to North America. As a climbing or trailing vine, it is widely distributed across central and eastern Canada and the central and northeastern parts ...
''
*
Bordo/
Ives noir, probably ''
Vitis labrusca
''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, ...
'' X ''
Vitis aestivalis''
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Jaeger 70
Jaeger 70 (also known as Munson) is a hybrid of two American grape species, '' Vitis lincecumii'' and '' Vitis rupestris'' developed by Hermann Jaeger (1844–1895), a Swiss-American who settled in Missouri. He named the successful hybrid for hi ...
, ''
Vitis aestivalis'' and ''
Vitis rupestris''
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L'Acadie blanc, complex hybrid
*
Landal noir, complex hybrid
*
Landot noir, complex hybrid
*
Minnesota 78, ''
Vitis labrusca
''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, ...
'' X ''
Vitis riparia
''Vitis riparia'' Michx, with common names riverbank grape or frost grape, is a vine indigenous to North America. As a climbing or trailing vine, it is widely distributed across central and eastern Canada and the central and northeastern parts ...
'' X possibly ''
Vitis vinifera
''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern ...
''
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Muscat bleu, complex hybrid
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Seyval blanc, complex hybrid
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Seyval noir, complex hybrid
Non-vinifera hybrids (rootstock)
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SO4, ''
Vitis berlandieri'' Planch. X ''V. riparia'' Michx.
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5BB, ''Vitis berlandieri'' Planch. X ''V. riparia'' Michx.
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5C, ''Vitis berlandieri'' Planch. X ''V. riparia'' Michx.
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110R, ''V. berlandieri'' x ''V. rupestris''
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1616 Couderc, ''
Vitis solonis'' x ''V. riparia''
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Harmony
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, ((V. riparia x V. labrusca) x V. vinifera) x
Vitis champinii
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8909-05, ''Vitis rupestris'' 'A. de Serres' x ''
Vitis rotundifolia
''Vitis rotundifolia'', or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. It has been extensive ...
'' 'Cowart'
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3309 C, ''V. riparia'' x ''V. rupestris''
See also
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Annual growth cycle of grapevines
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Hybrid grape
Hybrid grapes are grape varieties that are the product of a Hybrid (biology), crossing of two or more ''Vitis'' species. This is in contrast to crossings between grape varieties of the same species, typically ''Vitis vinifera'', the European grape ...
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International variety
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Lists of cultivars
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Vitis 'Ornamental Grape', a nonflowering and nonfruiting variety
Notes
References
Further reading
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External links
National Grape Registry(NGR)
PlantGrape(catalogue of vines grown in France: varieties, rootstocks, clones)
Wine varietal directory
Most common varietal winesGrape varieties and Common Blends
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Lists of cultivars
Wine-related lists