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GRAPE VARIETIESThese 157 distinct grape varieties are recorded n the VineFinders dbs, with details of where they are grown, and by whom! For any one region, you can select a variety in our DYNAMIC MAPPING SEARCH APPLICATION to see where it's grown. A further 60 varieties have been introduced at one time or another, but we haven’t found commercial plantings for them – if you know they exist, we’d like to know! Aglianico, Aleatico, Alicante Bouschet, Aligote, Arenal, Arneis, Aucerot, Baco Noir, Barbera, Bastardo, Biancone, Brachetto, Brunello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sanzey, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cadenzia, Canada Muscat, Cannon Hall Muscat, Cardinal, Carignan, Carmenere, Carnelian, Cascade, Caverdella, Chambourcin, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Chenin Blanc, Cienna, Cinsaut, Clairette, Colombard, Concord, Cortese, Corvino, Counoise, Crouchen, Cygne Blanc, Dolcetto, Doradillo, Dornfelder, Durif, Ehrenfelser, Fiano, Flora, Fragola, Fragolino, Friulano, Furmint, Gamay, Garganega, Gewurztraminer, Godello, Gouais, Graciano, Greco di Tufo, Grenache, Grey Grenache, Gruner Veltliner, Harslevelu, Isabella, Italia, Jacquez, Kerner, Lagrein, Lambrusco, Lemberger, Malbec, Malian, Malvasia, Malvasia d’Istriana, Mammola, Marsanne, Marzemino, Mataro, Melon, Merlot, Meslier, Meunier, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montils, Muller Thurgau, Muscadelle, Muscat (other), Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains, Muscat Gordo Blanco, Muscat Hamburg, Musque, Navera, Nebbiolo, Negro Amaro, Nero d'Avola, Nosiola, Ondenc, Orange Muscat, Palomino, Pavana, Pedro Ximenes, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Picolit, Picpoul, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris/Grigio, Pinot Noir, Pinotage, Prosecco, Refosco, Riesling, Rondinella, Rosado, Rousanne, Ruby Cabernet, Sagrantino, Saint-Macaire, Sangiovese, Saperavi, Sauvignon Blanc, Savagnin, Scheurebe, Schioppettino, Schonburger, Sciaccarello, Semillon, Shalistin, Shiraz, Siegerrebe, Souzao, Sultana, Sylvaner, Syrian, Taminga, Tannat, Tarrango, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cao, Tinta Mole, Torrontes, Touriga Francesa, Touriga Nacional, Trebbiano, Trollinger, Tyrian, Verdejo, Verdelho, Verduzzo, Vermentino, Villard Blanc, Viognier, Waltham Cross, White Grenache, White Muscat, Zante Currant, Zibibbo, Zinfandel, Zweigeltrebe. Varieties go under a bewildering range of names, often the result of different names used in different parts of the world. DNA testing is improving the science of ampelography (= vine identification) which previously relied on identifying characteristics such as leaf shape, berry size and colour, bunch conformation, ripening times, etc etc. VineFinders is improving its data daily - for example, we're in the process of amending the varieties as a result of the Albarino/Savagnin imbroglio discussed below... SAVAGNIN, and what we thought was ALBARINO! Ampelographers are having a field day, or rather are needing to have many days in the field using their scientific expertise to sort out this dilemma! In 1989 CSIRO imported a variety from the Spanish National Grapevine Collection which, they were told, was Albarino. DNA testing early this year confirmed recent suspicions that those imports were in fact Savagnin, although there may be clonal variations or slight mutations from other expressions of Savagnin. Wines made in Australia from this variety were being well-received, and "Albarino" was being promoted as a successful emerging variety. While Savagnin enjoys a lower status overseas, its success here while masquerading as Albarino will ensure its future, once we get over the confusion and the necessary re-labelling. VineFinders is updating its database as the DNA testing results of the small number of "albarino" plantings of various producers becomes available. Below is our extract on the variety...
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