Girò (jeer-OH)
An ancient grape variety that is grown on the large Italian island of Sardinia, in… Continue reading
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Graciano (gra-see-AN-oh)
High-quality, late-ripening Spanish grape, with delicate, slightly spicy flavors and an ability to hold onto… Continue reading
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Grenache (gren-AHSH)
Grenache is well known both as a white grape (grenache blanc) and a red (grenache… Continue reading
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Cortese (core-TAYS-ay)
Northwestern Italian grape that makes the medium-bodied wine Gavi, historically the most prized white wine… Continue reading
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Corvina (core-VEE-na)
Considered the most important red grape in the blends that make the well-known Italian wines… Continue reading
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Cot (COT)
The enologically correct name for malbec. An old variety that originated near the southern French… Continue reading
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Counoise (COON-waz)
One of the common, if lesser, red grapes in France’s southern Rhône Valley. Used in… Continue reading
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Criolla (cree-O-la)
Criolla, Spanish for “creole,” is a group of several Vitis vinifera varieties that are historically… Continue reading
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Delaware (dell-a-WARE)
More pink skinned than truly red, this French-American hybrid (whose parentage is cloudy) is grown… Continue reading
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Dolcetto (dole-CHET-oh)
Fruity low-acid grape (the name means “little sweet”) made into a delicious, fruity, licoricey, bitter-edged… Continue reading
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