Listing Grape Varieties beginning with C:
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| Variety | Colour | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cabernet | Red | This is a lazy way of referring to either Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc, one is expected to u... |
| Cabernet Franc | Red | “The tangy, expressive, stalky Cabernet Franc, capable of seeming both playful and fruity i... |
| Cabernet Sauvignon | Red | This is one of the six permitted Bordeaux red grape varieties (together with Cabernet Franc, Merlot,... |
| Cagnulari | Red | A Sardinian synonym for Graciano, a grape hailing from the Rioja region. Also known as Bastardo Nero... |
| Caino Blanco | White | Indigenous to Rias Baixas and the other parts of Galicia this grape variety grows well on steep slop... |
| Caladoc | Red | A grape created by ampelographer Paul Truel by crossing Grenache with Malbec. Its name,... |
| Canaiolo | Red | A Tuscan grape, sometimes known as Canaiolo Toscano and Canaiolo Nero, that has seen better days. Th... |
| Cannonau | Red | The origins and provenance of the Cannonau variety are still not known with absolute certainty but i... |
| Cannonau Bianco | White | As for the red Cannonau, this grape is used in Sardinia - see the Leila IGT Vendimia Tardiava from A... |
| Cannonazo | Red | Found in Seville in southern Spain; it is the same grape as the Cannonau of Sicily, and from an amph... |
| Carignan | Red | From Priorat and Terra Alta through Ampurda-Costa Brava into the Catalan region of France around Per... |
| Carignan Blanc | White | Found in small pockets of the Languedoc it is used in particular to produce the marc for "Fines de F... |
| Carignano | Red | This is the name for Carignan in Catalonia - see the Artesano Tinto from Bodegas Tres Suenos (Terra... |
| Carmenere | Red | Now common in Chile (and still be found in pockets of Tuscany), this grape used to be a Bordeaux spe... |
| carricante | White | Carricante is a white variety native to Mount Etna and flourishes on poor soils at 950 to 1,050 metr... |
| Catarratto | White | This variety is found only in the Sicily region of southern Italy, and yet is one of the most plante... |
| Centesimino | Red | Found in Italy in the Emilia Romagna region, in the 1940's it was called "red Sauvignon" - see the A... |
| Cesar | Red | An indigenous red grape in Irancy (Burgundy), when red Irancy is produced by blending Pinot Noir wit... |
| Chardonnay | White | Chardonnay has dominated the landscape, particularly since the 1980s and, for a time, became a gener... |
| Chasselas | White | SECOND YORKSHIREMAN: Nothing like a good glass of Château de Chasselas, eh, Josiah? THIRD YOR... |
| Chenin Blanc | White | This supremely versatile and noble Loire grape makes all styles from petillant and sparkling to blea... |
| Ciliegiolo | Red | A native Tuscan grape said to have been imported from Spain (from the sanctuary of Saint James of Co... |
| Cinsault | Red | Cinsault is an easy-growing variety produces a very large crop of six to ten tons per acre. At this... |
| Clairette | White | This variety is still prominent in the Rhone and Provence - indeed it is the grape that is used in t... |
| Coda di Volpe | White | Coda di Volpe is a white grape variety grown in the Campania region of southern Italy. Its name, mea... |
| Colombard | White | Colombard is a white wine variety that is used extensively in the Charentes region of South Western... |
| Colorino | Red | A native Tuscan grape, used along with other varieties such as Ciliegolo, Fogliatonda and Mammolo -... |
| Cornalin | Red | An powerful red grape traditionally used in the Swiss Valais and the northern Italian enclave of Val... |
| Cortese | White | Indigenous to Piemonte this grape performs best in the hills between Novi and Tortona. It is so succ... |
| Corvina | Red | Corvina is a deep dark, thick-skinned, spicy red grape grown in the Veneto region of northern Italy.... |
| Cot | Red | One of the traditional "Bordeaux varietals", Malbec has characteristics that fall somewhere between... |
| Counoise | Red | The precise origin of Counoise is unknown. According to the great Provençal poet Frederic Mistr... |
| Courbu | White | A native of the Basque country where it features in the whites of Irouleguy and Txacoli, Petit Courb... |
| Crljenak Kaštelanski | Red | Crljenak Kaštelanski - the grape that rolls off the tongue annd keeps rolling. You may know it... |
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