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Grape
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Varieties & Alternatives
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Notes
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Aligote
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Plant Gris
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Aligoté is one of the principal white grape varieties of Burgundy and is now used mainly in Bourgogne Aligoté - only the village of Bouzéron has it's own appellation for Aligoté. The variety is also popular in eastern Europe, Chile and, to a smaller extent, California. It is known by many names within Burgundy itself, such as Griset Blanc, Plant Gris, Chaudenet Gras.
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Barbera
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Perricone
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Barbera is one of the most planted black grapes in Italy and accounts for nearly half of the annual wine production in Piedmont. It is also used in varietal wines in Lombardy. Outside of Italy it is cultivated in Slovenia, North and South America.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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Uva Francese,
Vidure
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Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape variety for producing fine red wines. It is used in blends and as a varietal wine across the world. It is also known as Vidure and Uva Francese.
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Periquita
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Joao de Santarem,
Castelao Frances
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Periquita is the synonym for the Castelăo Frances grape variety in the Terras do Sado and Ribatejo regions of Portugal.
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Sauvignon Blanc
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Blanc Fume,
Muskat-Silvaner
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Sauvignon Blanc is a vine variety which produces dry white wines from Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume in France and Sauvignon Blanc and Fume Blanc from the rest of the world. It is also known as Spergola (Emilia, Italy), Sauvignon and Fume Blanc. Other mutations known as the Sauvignon Noir, Sauvignon Jaune and Sauvignon Rose exist.
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Zinfandel
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Crljenak Kasteljanski,
Primitivo
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Zinfandel is a black grape variety of European origin which is widely cultivated in California. It is possibly the same vine as Primitivo. It is also known as Zenfendel, Zinfindal, Crljenak (Croatia), Crljenak Kaštelanski (Croatia) and Black St. Peter (US).
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