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LordOpieUser is Offline
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05/13/2007 9:15 PM  

Ya know how San Giovese can make Brunello, Chianti and probably more?

Well, I was wondering, how many different grapes there are. Like isn't Shiraz and Syrah the same grape? Just grown and raised in different geographies in different ways?

So, at wine's most basic level, how many kinds of grapes are there? What are they?

 

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05/14/2007 9:53 AM  
As for Sangiovese in Brunello vs. Chianti, I believe they are different clones.
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05/15/2007 5:06 AM  
Clone for Brunello is the Brunello clone or Sangiovese Grosso. Also for example, the clone which makes up Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is a clone called Prugnolo Gentile.

As for your other questions that is really broad. There are tons of different grape varietals within the vitis vinifera line, some I am sure you have heard of, and many you probably haven't.
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08/10/2007 12:45 AM  

From everyone's favorite site (wikipedia.com).

Someone had a lot of time on their hands. I wonder what scuppernong tastes like.

Vitis vinifera grapes (wine)

Red grapes

White grapes

Vitis vinifera (wine and table)

Green table grapes

 Vitis labrusca (wine and table)

Wine grapes

Table grapes

Red table grapes

Purple table grapes

Varied/Other

 Vitis riparia (wine grape rootstock and hybridization source)

Vitis rotundifolia (table and wine)

Vitis aestivalis (wine)

 Multispecies hybrid grapes

 Vinifera hybrids (wine)

Hybrid grape varieties (see Hybrid grapes) or "hybrids" is, in fact, the popular term for a subset of what are properly known as hybrids, specifically crossings between one species of the genus vitis and another. The scientific definition of a hybrid grape is any crossing (intra- or inter-specific) of two grape varieties. In keeping with the popular definition, however, the ones listed below are inter-specific hybrids where one parent is a European grape.

 

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11/11/2007 11:44 AM  
Posted By n/a on 05/13/2007 9:15 PM
So, at wine's most basic level, how many kinds of grapes are there?

Two - Red and White.

What - too basic?
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11/11/2007 11:47 AM  
Posted By Dave Tong on 11/11/2007 11:44 AM
Posted By n/a on 05/13/2007 9:15 PM
So, at wine's most basic level, how many kinds of grapes are there?

Two - Red and White.

What - too basic?


...but isn't Zinfandel red and white?
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