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Specie of grape used in wine making |
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| Believed to be the orgin of Vitis Vinifera |
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Specie of grape used for fresh consumption or unfermented juice |
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Disease that ravaged 19th century European Vineyards |
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| scientific grouping of plants that genetically similar, have broad characteristics in common and can produce viable offspring |
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| a subspecies, a group that share many characterisitcs |
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| grapes propagated by asexual means but are slightly different than their parent |
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| a vine that has developed different characteristics from parent through imperfect reproduction |
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| offspring of sexual reproduction between different subspecies within the same specieis |
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| the result of a sexual reproduction between 2 closely related but different species |
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grape formed by crossing Cabernet Franc with Sauvignon Blanc |
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| widely planted white grape in Spain usually distilled into brandy |
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| Among the world's most popular white grape thought to be indigeneous to Burgundy |
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| characterisitc aromas of Chardonnay |
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| green apple, melon,pears (cool climate) tropical fruit (warm climate) butter (mlf), vanilla, butterscotch, caramel, toast(oak-aged) |
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| characteristic aromas of Chenin blanc |
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| green apple, melon,green plum,citrus bossoms, earth,mineral,wet wood, honey and quince(aged) |
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| a versatile grape, that can produce dry to sweet, still or sparkling white wines. highly acidic, home to the Loire Valley and the most widely planted grape in S Africa |
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| ancient white grape varietal carried to nearly every wine region in the world. Used primarily to produce sweet wines |
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| Characteristic aromas of Muscat |
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| musk, honey, orange blossom,floral,apricot, table grapes |
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| Characteristic aromas of Pinot Grigio/Gris |
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| apple,lemon,melon,peach,minerals,almond |
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| Characteristic aromas of reisling |
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| lime, peach,nectarine,apricot,hoeysuckle,wet stone,petrol |
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| Characteristic aromas of Sauvignon Blanc |
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| grass,hay,grapefruit,green pepper(cool),asparagus,melon (warm),flit (Loire),goosebury,toast,smoke |
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| low acid white wine generally used as a blending grape |
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| a rich, viscous, full bodied white wine with potent aromas of flowers, peach and tangerine once confined to the Rhone but planted in California, S. America, Australia and the east coast of US. |
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| a white grape descendant of Pinot Noir and mutated from Pinot Gris, grown in both old and New Worlds |
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| commercially important white grape, used for balsamic vinegar, brandy and cognac |
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| the name for Chenin Blanc in South Africa |
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