Christian Rios our expert of the day, writes:

Trebbiano - This grape’s biggest claim to fame is that it is easy to grow. It is responsible for more wine produced than any other grape due to its high-yield plantings. It is grown in France, Italy, and Australia. Trebbiano is most often used to produce table wines. In France, Trebbiano is referred to as Ugni Blanc where it is used as a base for Cognac.

Columbard - Produced heavily in California, Columbard is often blended into generic white wines. With proper treatment, Colombard will produce crisp whites with a pleasant minerality and citrus fruits. This grape is also grown in France, South Africa, and Australia.

Folle Blanche - This grape is sparsely grown in California, Spain and Uruguay. It produces wines that are tart and thin. It is also known as Picpoule, Gros Plant, and Enrageat blanc. Folle Branche is used mostly for table wines.

Malvasia - This variety of grape produces wines that have aromas of pears and spice along with fresh, fruity flavors. This grape is produced widely around the world. Unless used to produce dessert wines, wines produced from this type of grape do not age well and should be consumed quickly.

Christian Rios our expert of the day, writes:

Most wines take their name from the variety of grape used to make it. However obvious that fact may be to highly trained viticulturists, the uneducated in wine will have just learned something new from reading this article. I encourage you to keep reading and learn more about the wines you’ve heard about and maybe even drank at one time or another during your life.

This three-part article series will discuss the many grapes of the world.

Chardonnay - This grape is native to France and is grown all over the world for both sparkling wines and table wines. This is the primary grape grown in the Val de Marne of Champagne and is also grown in northern California, New York State, Pennsylvania, Washington State, and Virginia. Chardonnays are often aged in oak barrels and may pick up a vanilla overtone in aroma and flavor when fermented in this manner. Chardonnay wines are typically served chilled and match well with chicken or any type of dish that uses a heavy cream or buttery type of sauce.

Jerry Shannon our expert of the day, writes:

Muna wa Wanjiru our expert of the day, writes:

Perhaps you might like to know which grapes are used in Making of Wine. The list of grape varieties below isn’t comprehensive, but it does give a look into the world of wine grapes.

Auxerrois

This grape is also known as Malbec or Côt. The Auxerrois grape creates a neutral wine which is fruity and soft and is mainly to be found in Luxembourg and Canada. In Alsace it is often blended with the Pinot Blanc grape.

Barbarossa

This is a red wine grape variety that can be found in Italy, France and the Balkan regions. The wines it produces are robust and age very well.

Barbera

An intense, deep colored red wine, produced mainly in northern Italy, and now in the USA.

Cabernet Franc

This grape variety partly gave rise to the ever popular Cabernet Sauvignon. This variety is mainly found in cooler and damper conditions than the Cabernet Sauvignon grape.

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is known as one of the “noble” grape varieties, and is famous as one of the main varieties, along with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and others used to create the magnificent French Bordeaux region blended red wines.