Curious to understand how many varietals I sampled in the last year, I reviewed my wine diary and came up with the incomplete list below.
Certainly it reflects exploration beyond the grapes that typically make it into our glasses but vitis vinifera* holds more room for exploration as is evidenced by wikipedia's also incomplete but more exhaustive list.
white
ugni blanc
colombard
viognier
marsanne
parellada,
macabeo
xarel-lo
chardonnay
monastrell
prosecco
riesling
sauvignon blanc
semillion
grechetto
jaquerre
chenin blanc
gewurtztraminer/traminer
pinot gris
gros mansey?
red
carinena
garnacha/garnaga/grenache
trebbianno
tempranillo
shiraz/syrah
mouverde
cinsault
nebbiolo
pinot noir
pinot meunier
malbec
gamay
cabernet sauvignon
cabernet franc
merlot
aragones
casletao
triacadeira
For more information ...
*vitis vinifera - the main grape species used in wine making
grape varieties
8 comments:
Why did I give up drinking again?
Oh yeah, because I'm an idiot.
what no verdelho??
that's an awful lot of grapes, did you make up a few yourself?
is it just me or is that picture rude?
No I have not tried verdelho even though I have tried some wines from the Douro region of Portugal where verdelho is used.
Must try it.
I think fivespice that it must be just you, it is just a bunch of grapes not a rude picture.
exactly! have to agree with jer1ch0
Ah! now I see you two are very observant or very 'something else'
I can't believe you keep a wine diary - it used to be how many pints of guinness and possibly a cuzza afterwards - how times change...
My favourite new discovery was viogner...and any red wine from Montepelliciano....not sure if I have spelt that right
Yes, I do keep a wine diary but it is only to justify my indulgences.
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