Listing Grape Varieties beginning with M:
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| Variety | Colour | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Macabeo | White | Long established in Roussillon, Macabeu, or Maccabéo, is a varietal of Catalan origin (some sa... |
| Macabeu | White | Long established in Roussillon, Macabeu, or Maccabéo, is a varietal of Catalan origin (some say... |
| Malbec | Red | One of the traditional “Bordeaux varietals”, Malbec has characteristics that fall somewh... |
| Malvasia | White | Old Simon the Cellarer kept a rare store of Malmsey and Malvoisie Simon the Cellarer - W.H. Bellamy... |
| Malvasia di Bosa | White | Malvasia was brought in Sardinia thanks to the Benedictine monks from Monembasia, a Greek town in Mo... |
| Mammolo | Red | Also known as the Mammolino, this grape originates from the Tuscany region of central Italy. One of... |
| Mansois | Red | Mansois, otherwise known as Fer Servadou or Braucol or Pinenc is native to Gaillac and other parts o... |
| Marsanne | White | The rhyme of the ancient Marsanner, wrote Randall Graham, a man who doth occasionally write reams wi... |
| Mauzac | White | Mauzac Blanc, is a declining but still thankfully important white grape in South West France, especi... |
| Mauzac Noir | Red | Mauzac Noir is as rare as telephone conversation between a Dodo and a Great Auk. The Plageoles versi... |
| Mayolet | Red | The first notes related to this vine date back to the 18th century. In addition as being part of sub... |
| Mazuelo | Red | See also Carignan. Wine made from the Mazuelo grape is high in colour and acidity, rich in tannins... |
| Melon | White | One of the unusual features of Muscadet, according to the Hachette Guide, is that it is not named af... |
| Melon de Bourgogne | White | One of the unusual features of Muscadet, according to the Hachette Guide, is that it is not named af... |
| Mencia | Red | A Galician native variety it especially flourishes in Bierzo, a mountainous region, where differenti... |
| Menu Pineau | White | The producers of Menu Pineau, a typical white variety of this region, can be counted on the fingers... |
| Merlot | Red | Kramer is on a double date with a friend and is in his usual state of barely suppressed paranoia. Al... |
| Molinara | Red | Has several synonym names including Rossanella, Uva Salata and Vespone. Acidic red wine variety most... |
| Monastrell | Red | Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Mataró is variety of wine grape used to make both strong, dark red... |
| Mondeuse | Red | Mondeuse wine was originally enjoyed by the monks in the Cluny abbey, who settled on the banks of th... |
| Monica | Red | The Monica grape could have been imported to Sardinia from Spain under the name Morillo. Mora would... |
| Monica di Sardegna | Red | The Spanish originally introduced Monica in the 1600s under the name "Morillo", later known as "Mora... |
| Montepulciano | Red | The Montepulciano grape is quite prolific and grows effortlessly in Abruzzo (where it is the dominan... |
| Moristel | Red | Red-wine producing grape grown in the Somontano region adjoining the central Pyrenees area of Spain.... |
| Moscato | White | See Muscat a Petits Grains... |
| Mourvedre | Red | Mourvèdre is grown around the world. In Portugal and the New World it is known as Mataró,... |
| Muller-Thurgau | White | Dr. Hermann Müller, who created the Müller-Thurgau variety in the late 1800s, indicated th... |
| Muristellu | Red | Muristellu is also called Bovale Sardo. The same term has been applied to the wine as well since the... |
| Muscadelle | White | Muscadelle is a white wine grape. It has a simple aroma of grape juice and raisins like grapes of th... |
| Muscat | White | General term for Muscat a Petits Grains, but also denoting other grapes in the Muscat family.... |
| Muscat a Petit Grains | White | Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vit... |
| Muscat Canelli | White | The little town of Canelli is situated at the entrance of Langhe hills, along the left bank of the B... |
| Muscat of Alexandria | White | Muscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera.... |
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