Italian Grape Varieties

Lambrusco (say Lahm-BROO-sko) is a family of grapes.

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Pinot Grigio [pee-no-gree-jo] is a white grape variety from Northern Italy.

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Primitivo (“pree-mee-TEE-vo”) is one of the most popular red wines of Southern Italy.

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The Carricante grape [Car-ri-can-te] is a Sicilian white grape variety, deeply rooted in the volcanic terroir around Mount Etna.

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Falanghina (“fah-lawn -GHEE-nah”) is a white grape variety of Balkan origin.

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Barbera (“bar-BAY-rah”) is one of the most approachable red wines in Italy.

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Grillo (say GREE-loh) is a native grape, widespread in western Sicily.

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Nero d'Avola (Neh-roh DAH-voh-lah) is the most widespread grape variety in Sicily.

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Ribolla Gialla is the ancient white grape of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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Sangiovese (san-jo-vay-zeh) is the undisputed king of red wines in central Italy.

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Montepulciano (Mon-teh-pool-chee-ah-noh) is the second most widely planted red grape variety in Italy, after Sangiovese.

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Vermentino (vair-men-TEE-no) is an aromatic white grape variety.

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Aglianico [ahl-YAH-nee-ko] is an ancient grape variety from southern Italy.

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Nebbiolo (Nay-bee-OH-lo) is a native Italian grape variety grown in the northern regions.

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Pignoletto (“pee-yoh-LAY-toh”) is a dry, aromatic Italian white wine.

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Pecorino (peh-koh-REE-noh) is a grape that captures the essence of Italy's heartland.

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Glera is the white grape behind Prosecco, Italy's most celebrated sparkling wine.

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Nerello Mascalese [Neh-rel-loh Mas-ka-leh-seh] is a must-try for UK wine lovers.

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Arneis is Piedmont's revived white grape.

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Bombino Bianco is a white grape from Puglia's Adriatic side, above all around Castel del Monte.

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Bombino Nero is Puglia's late-ripening red grape, and it makes serious rosato.

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Cabernet Franc is the quieter half of the Bordeaux pair.

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Cabernet Sauvignon is a red grape born in Bordeaux, and it reshaped modern Italian wine.

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Grenache is a thin-skinned red grape grown across the Mediterranean.

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Catarratto is the white grape that built Sicily.

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Chardonnay is a white grape with a clear Italian role.

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Cortese is the white grape of Gavi DOCG.

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Corvina is the main red grape of Verona's wine country.

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Corvinone is the big-berried red grape of Valpolicella that everyone took for a large Corvina until 1993.

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Dolcetto is Piedmont's everyday red grape.

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Erbamat is an ancient white grape from the Brescia hills of Lombardy.

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Fiano is the golden white grape behind Campania's benchmark Fiano di Avellino DOCG.

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Frappato is the pale, perfumed red of south-eastern Sicily.

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Friulano is the benchmark dry white of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in Italy's far northeast.

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Garganega is the ancient white grape behind Soave.

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Gewürztraminer is Alto Adige's lychee-scented aromatic white.

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Grecanico is western Sicily's tangy golden-skinned white.

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Greco is the structured, smoky white of Campania.

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Greco Nero is a red grape from Calabria, Italy's far south.

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Lagrein is the dark red grape of Bolzano, in the Alto Adige valleys of northern Italy.

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Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata is the native white grape of Lucania.

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Malvasia di Candia is a white grape with two faces.

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Malvasia di Lipari is the golden-skinned white grape of the Aeolian islands.

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Malvasia Istriana is the native white grape of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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Malvasia Nera di Basilicata is a native black grape.

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Malvasia Puntinata is the aromatic white grape behind Frascati DOC, Cannellino di Frascati DOCG and Roma DOC.

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Mantonico Bianco is one of Calabria's oldest white grapes, at home on the Ionian coast around the town of Bianco.

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Marsigliana Nera is a rare red grape from Calabria, grown along the Tyrrhenian coast since ancient times.

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Merlot is a red grape with a serious Italian footprint.

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Molinara is the pale, sharp third grape of Valpolicella and Bardolino, the one that gave the old blends their freshness.

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Moscato is the white aromatic grape behind Moscato d'Asti DOCG and Asti Spumante DOCG in southern Piedmont.

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Müller-Thurgau is a white grape that found its truest Italian home among the high-altitude vineyards of Trentino-Alto Adige.

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Negroamaro is the dark, warming red of Puglia's Salento, the sun-baked heel of Italy.

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Nerello Cappuccio is the softer, darker partner to Nerello Mascalese on Mount Etna.

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Pinot Bianco is northern Italy's quiet benchmark white.

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Pinot Nero is the Italian name for Pinot Noir, the great red grape of Burgundy.

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Prëmetta, also called Prié Rouge, is a native red grape of Italy's Valle d'Aosta.

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Prié Blanc is the lone native white grape of Valle d'Aosta.

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Rondinella is the quiet partner in almost every Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone and Bardolino.

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Sagrantino is Umbria's great red grape, grown in five hill towns around Montefalco and almost nowhere else.

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Sauvignon Blanc is the sharp, green-scented white behind Friuli's Collio and Isonzo bottlings.

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Schiava is the light red grape of Alto Adige, sold under its German name, Vernatsch, on most labels.

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Susumaniello is Puglia's own black grape, born in the countryside around Brindisi.

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Syrah is the dark, structured red of the northern Rhone.

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Teroldego is the dark, velvety red grape of the Campo Rotaliano, a gravel plain in Trentino where the Noce meets the Adige.

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Trebbiano Abruzzese is the white grape behind Abruzzo's most distinctive whites.

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Trebbiano Toscano is the workhorse white grape of central Italy.

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Turbiana is the white grape of Lugana DOC.

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Verdicchio is the pale straw-gold white grape behind Marche's two benchmark whites.

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Vernaccia is the white grape of San Gimignano, the Tuscan hill town with the towers.

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Viognier is the golden-skinned white grape of France's northern Rhone, and Italy grows it on purpose.

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Zibibbo is the aromatic white grape of Sicily's far south.

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