The Wine Atlas Library
A calm reference guide to wine grapes, regions, terms, styles, and concepts.
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Wine Varietals
Nemea red grape with soft plum fruit, gentle spice, moderate tannin, and an approachable texture.
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Aglianico is a powerful southern Italian red grape with dark fruit, firm tannin, high acidity, and…
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A white grape from Spain's Galicia region and Portugal (Alvarinho), known for high acidity, citrus…
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Alicante Bouschet is a rare teinturier red grape with red flesh, deep color, dark fruit, and…
6 label recordsSantorini's high-acid white grape, marked by citrus, salt, smoke, and mineral intensity.
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An Italian red grape from Piedmont, known for high acidity and low tannin. In the U.S. COLA registry…
22 label recordsCentral European red grape with black cherry, pepper, fresh acidity, and firm but lively structure.
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A red grape from Bordeaux and the Loire Valley, more aromatic and lighter-bodied than Cabernet…
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A thick-skinned red grape originating in France's Bordeaux region, now the world's most widely…
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A high-yielding red grape from Spain and southern France, widely planted in California's older…
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Carmenère is Chile's signature red grape, marked by plum, dark berries, gentle tannin, and savory…
10 label recordsEtna white grape known for citrus, saline minerality, high acidity, and restrained texture.
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Chambourcin is a French-American hybrid red grape known for deep color, soft tannin, berry fruit,…
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Chardonel is a Chardonnay-Seyval hybrid that makes crisp to medium-bodied whites with apple, citrus,…
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A versatile white grape grown on nearly every wine-producing continent. In the COLA registry it…
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A white grape from France's Loire Valley, capable of a wide range of styles from sparkling to…
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Cinsault is a southern French red grape prized for perfume, soft red fruit, low tannin, and graceful…
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Dolcetto is a Piedmont red grape that makes dry, early-drinking wines with black cherry, almond, and…
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Falanghina is a Campanian white grape with lemon, apple, flowers, mineral freshness, and an easy…
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Fiano is a southern Italian white grape with citrus, pear, hazelnut, floral lift, and a textured,…
9 label recordsLight Sicilian red grape with bright red fruit, florals, soft tannin, and a chillable feel.
0 label recordsTokaji's main white grape, capable of dry mineral wines and intensely sweet botrytized styles.
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Gewurztraminer is an intensely aromatic white grape with lychee, rose, spice, full texture, and…
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Graciano is a Spanish red grape valued in Rioja for color, acidity, perfume, and spicy dark-fruited…
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A red grape native to Spain (Garnacha), widely planted in France's southern Rhône and Spain's Rioja…
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Grenache Blanc is a full-bodied white Rhône-family grape with pear, citrus, herbs, and a rounded,…
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Grillo is a Sicilian white grape with citrus, herbs, salt, and enough body for both fresh wines and…
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Grüner Veltliner is Austria's crisp, peppery white grape, known for citrus, green apple, savory…
22 label recordsHungarian white grape that adds perfume, honeyed texture, and floral spice to Tokaji blends and dry…
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A red grape native to southwest France that became the signature variety of Argentina's Mendoza…
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Malvasia Bianca is an aromatic Mediterranean white grape family with floral, citrus, peach, and…
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Marquette is a cold-hardy red hybrid from the northern United States, making bright, spicy wines…
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Mencía is a northwest Spanish red grape with red fruit, floral lift, mineral tension, and…
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A soft-tannic red grape from Bordeaux, planted widely in California and Washington. In the COLA…
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An Italian red grape primarily associated with the Abruzzo region, where it produces deeply colored…
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Moscato covers aromatic Muscat-family wines, often floral, grapey, gently sweet, and low in alcohol.
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A thick-skinned red grape from Spain (Monastrell) and southern France, commonly blended with…
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Muscat is a large aromatic grape family known for orange blossom, grape-like perfume, and styles…
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The red grape of Italy's Barolo and Barbaresco wines, known for high tannin, high acidity, and long…
46 label recordsPuglia red grape with ripe black fruit, dried herbs, savory earth, and a faint bitter edge.
0 label recordsEtna red grape with pale color, red fruit, volcanic savor, high acidity, and firm but fine tannin.
0 label recordsSicily's signature red grape, usually dark-fruited, generous, and spicy with medium tannin.
0 label recordsCentral Italian white grape with citrus, pear, herbs, medium body, and lively acidity.
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Petit Manseng is a thick-skinned southwest French white grape with vivid acidity, tropical fruit,…
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A red grape from Bordeaux traditionally used as a minor blending component to add color and…
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A red grape planted widely in California, genetically distinct from Syrah despite the similar name.…
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Picpoul Blanc is a high-acid southern French white grape, famous for brisk citrus wines near the…
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Pinot Blanc is a gentle, dry white grape with apple, pear, almond, and soft texture, especially…
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The same grape variety appears in the COLA registry under both "Pinot Grigio" (Italian-influenced)…
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The Alsatian and Pacific Northwest name for the grape also labeled Pinot Grigio in the Italian…
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Pinot Meunier is a red Champagne grape that brings supple fruit, early approachability, and…
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A thin-skinned red grape widely regarded as one of the most challenging to grow. It appears in the…
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A white grape associated with Germany's Rhine and Moselle regions, producing wines that range from…
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Roussanne is a Rhône white grape with pear, honey, herbs, floral notes, and a broad texture that can…
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The primary red grape of Italy's Tuscany region, where it is the base of Chianti and Brunello di…
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Saperavi is Georgia's deeply colored red grape, a teinturier variety with dark fruit, acidity,…
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A white grape with strong herbaceous and citrus characteristics, commonly associated with New…
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A deep-colored red grape producing wines that range from savory and peppery to rich and…
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Sémillon is a Bordeaux white grape that brings waxy texture, lemon, honey, and major roles in dry…
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Tannat is a deeply colored red grape with firm tannins, dark fruit, and a dual identity in Madiran…
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Spain's signature red grape, used in Rioja and Ribera del Duero. In the U.S. COLA registry it…
74 label recordsDouro red grape used in Port and dry reds, bringing dark fruit, florals, spice, and structure.
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Touriga Nacional is Portugal's leading red grape, bringing violet perfume, dark fruit, firm…
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Traminette is an aromatic hybrid white grape with Gewurztraminer-like floral spice and cold-climate…
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Trebbiano is a broad Italian white-grape family, usually crisp and neutral, important for fresh…
7 label recordsPortuguese red grape with red-to-black fruit, herbs, spice, and a rustic savory streak.
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Verdejo is the signature white grape of Rueda, combining citrus, fennel, stone fruit, and a lightly…
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Vermentino is a Mediterranean white grape with citrus, herbs, sea-breeze freshness, and a lightly…
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Vidal Blanc is a cold-hardy hybrid white grape valued for crisp dry wines and especially for…
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A white grape from France's northern Rhône, characterized by floral aromatics and stone-fruit…
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A red grape historically tied to California, where it has been grown since the nineteenth century.…
52 label recordsAustria's most-planted red grape, usually juicy, cherry-fruited, gently spicy, and easy to chill.
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