100.
As in, exactly 100 after yesterday's encounter with some oddballs. I just finished going through the list and auditing it, removing any duplicates (Spanish grapes often have multiple names, and some Italian grapes have different names in Spain and France). But it looks like it's solid. And it may be slightly more--I stopped digging through my notes when I hit Welschriesling and made it to 100. (Of course, I think you could probably spend a month in Italy and hit 200 grapes easy, but most would be unknown outside of their various regions.)
The vast majority of these are from posts on this blog, though sometimes you might have to follow the link to the winemaker to get the grape varieties. A few others are from old handwritten notes before I started the blog, and some include the Port and Sherry grapes, of which I've had a lot but don't blog about often.
My list includes eleven that aren't on the Century Club spreadsheet, mostly French-American hybrids and some obscure Spanish grapes. But I've researched each one, and they appear to be unique varieties, just not terribly popular. Here it is:
- Albarino
- Aligote
- Arinto
- Arneis
- Baco Noir
- Barbera
- Bianca Fernanda
- Blaufrankisch
- Bobal
- Bonarda
- Brachetto
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Canaiolo
- Carignane
- Carmenere
- Catawba
- Chambourcin
- Chancellor
- Chardonel
- Chardonnay
- Chenin Blanc
- Colombard
- Colorino
- Concord
- Cortese
- Corvina
- Dolcetto
- Dornfelder
- Gamay
- Garganega
- Gewurtztraminer
- Godello
- Grenache
- Gruner Veltliner
- Kadarka
- Kerner
- Loureiro
- Macabeo
- Malbec
- Malvasia
- Malvasia Nera
- Marechal Foch
- Marsanne
- Melon de Bourgogne
- Merlot
- Meunier
- Molinara
- Montepulciano
- Mourvedre
- Muller Thurgau
- Muscadelle
- Muscadine
- Muscat Blanc
- Muscat of Alexandria
- Muscat Ottonel
- Nebbiolo
- Negroamaro
- Niagara
- Norton
- Palomino
- Parellada
- Pedro Ximenez
- Petit Verdot
- Petite Sirah
- Pinot Blanc
- Pinot Gris
- Pinot Noir
- Pinotage
- Prosecco
- Refosco
- Riesling
- Rondinella
- Roussanne
- Ruby Cabernet
- Sangiovese
- Sauvignon blanc
- Semillon
- Seyval Blanc
- Steuben
- Syrah
- Tannat
- Tempranillo
- Tinta Barroca
- Tinto Cao
- Tocai Fruilano
- Torrontes
- Touriga Franca
- Touriga Nacional
- Traminette
- Trajadura
- Trebbiano
- Trepat
- Verdejo
- Verdelho
- Vidal
- Viognier
- Welschriesling
- Xarel-lo
- Zinfandel
3 comments:
You have entirely too much time on your hands.
How's your liver?;)
No fragolino.
Cool! Congrats! Welcome to the club!
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