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Probable number of different grape varieties in the world. If you added up all the names of grapes, the total would come to more than 25,000. But scientists believe these represent about 5,000 truly different varieties since most varieties have multiple names. (Garnacha in Spain is grenache in France for example). Of these 5,000 varieties, about 150 are planted in commercially significant amounts.

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