Grape Varieties

Comprehensive profiles of the world's most important wine grapes

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The World's Great Grape Varieties

From Cabernet Sauvignon to Gewürztraminer, these guides cover the character, regions and food pairings of every major wine grape.

Red Grape Variety

Cabernet Sauvignon

The world's most widely planted red grape variety

The world's most versatile and widely planted white grape

The most exotic white grape in the world

The sun-worshipper — generous, spiced and globally important

Argentina's adopted grape — transformed by altitude

Bordeaux's softer side — plush, plummy and approachable

The soul of Piedmont — Barolo and Barbaresco

Two faces, one grape — from crisp Italian staple to rich Alsatian showpiece

The heartbreak grape — and the world's most seductive red

The connoisseur's white grape — precision, longevity, unmatched range

The spirit of Tuscany — from Chianti to Brunello

One of wine's most recognisable aromatic signatures

Peppery elegance in the Rhône; generous power in the Barossa

Spain's great red — the backbone of Rioja and Ribera del Duero

The perfumed showstopper — once near-extinct, now triumphant

White

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