The Wine Century Club

Dr. Vino recently wrote about tasting his 100th grape and joining the Wine Century Club. Membership is free, and you get a certificate honoring your accomplishment. It works on the honor system, so it's mostly for fun. I went to a wine festival this weekend--more on that later--and got to try some unusual grapes. Late last night I decided to go through my notes and figure out how many grapes I've tried.

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:

1. Albarino
   
2. Aligote
   
3. Arinto
   
4. Arneis
   
5. Baco Noir
   
6. Barbera
   
7. Bianca Fernanda
   
8. Blaufrankisch
   
9. Bobal
   
10. Bonarda
    
11. Brachetto
    
12. Cabernet Franc
    
13. Cabernet Sauvignon
    
14. Canaiolo
    
15. Carignane
    
16. Carmenere
    
17. Catawba
    
18. Chambourcin
    
19. Chancellor
    
20. Chardonel
    
21. Chardonnay
    
22. Chenin Blanc
    
23. Colombard
    
24. Colorino
    
25. Concord
    
26. Cortese
    
27. Corvina
    
28. Dolcetto
    
29. Dornfelder
    
30. Gamay
    
31. Garganega
    
32. Gewurtztraminer
    
33. Godello
    
34. Grenache
    
35. Gruner Veltliner
    
36. Kadarka
    
37. Kerner
    
38. Loureiro
    
39. Macabeo
    
40. Malbec
    
41. Malvasia
    
42. Malvasia Nera
    
43. Marechal Foch
    
44. Marsanne
    
45. Melon de Bourgogne
    
46. Merlot
    
47. Meunier
    
48. Molinara
    
49. Montepulciano
    
50. Mourvedre
    
51. Muller Thurgau
    
52. Muscadelle
    
53. Muscadine
    
54. Muscat Blanc
    
55. Muscat of Alexandria
    
56. Muscat Ottonel
    
57. Nebbiolo
    
58. Negroamaro
    
59. Niagara
    
60. Norton
    
61. Palomino
    
62. Parellada
    
63. Pedro Ximenez
    
64. Petit Verdot
    
65. Petite Sirah
    
66. Pinot Blanc
    
67. Pinot Gris
    
68. Pinot Noir
    
69. Pinotage
    
70. Prosecco
    
71. Refosco
    
72. Riesling
    
73. Rondinella
    
74. Roussanne
    
75. Ruby Cabernet
    
76. Sangiovese
    
77. Sauvignon blanc
    
78. Semillon
    
79. Seyval Blanc
    
80. Steuben
    
81. Syrah
    
82. Tannat
    
83. Tempranillo
    
84. Tinta Barroca
    
85. Tinto Cao
    
86. Tocai Fruilano
    
87. Torrontes
    
88. Touriga Franca
    
89. Touriga Nacional
    
90. Traminette
    
91. Trajadura
    
92. Trebbiano
    
93. Trepat
    
94. Verdejo
    
95. Verdelho
    
96. Vidal
    
97. Viognier
    
98. Welschriesling
    
99. Xarel-lo
    
100. Zinfandel