Life Style / Wine Grapes Glossary

Dog Ridge: Has synonym name Dogridge. Female V.champini variety (ie. natural hybrid reported to be result of a complex V.rupestris x V.candicans cross with possible V.berlandieri involvement) propagate . . . View Full Definition

Dolcetto: Well-known grape widely grown in Piedmont region of Italy. Has synonym name Nera Dolce, meaning 'Sweet Black' in english. The latter name also translates to 'Douce Noire' in french, thought . . . View Full Definition

Domina: Variety developed by the Geilweilerhof Research Institute of Germany from a Blau Portuguiser x Spätburgunder cross. Has synonym name Geiweilerhof 4-25-7. No other details as yet other than i . . . View Full Definition

Don Muscat: V.amurensis hybrid variety. (No other details other than it is reported to have early budbreak, low vigor and a short growth cycle. Somewhat less sensitive to the mildew diseases and phyllox . . . View Full Definition

Doña Blanco: White-wine variety grown in N.W Spain. Found in the El Bierzo region between Leon and Galicia. Known as Doña Branca where grown in Portugal. Is reported by some to be a clone, or synonym nam . . . View Full Definition

Doradillo: Australian alias name for the Jaén Blanco variety used for white wine production in Portugal. The grape is also confusingly known as the Blanquette in the Hunter Valley of Australia.

Doral: Variety resulting from a Chasselas x Chardonnay cross. No other details as yet other than it is used to create white wines in Switzerland.

Doreen: V.rotundifolia (ie. Muscadine) variety derived from a Higgins x Dixie cross. This bronze self-fertile variety, usually ripening in mid-season, is suitable for juice or sweet wine production . . . View Full Definition

Dornfelder: Recent vine resulting from a Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe cross gaining wide popularity in Germany and England. Has synonym name Weinsberg S 341. Creates red wines from grapes that have every . . . View Full Definition

Dr. Collier: Variety reported as derived from a (Ten Dollar Prize x Concord) , Lincecumii, Labrusca crossing by T.V. Munson developed in 1885. Classed as an American Hybrid and described as ripening just . . . View Full Definition

Dracut Amber O.P.: Has synonym name Early Amber. Reported as an American labrusca variety originated from unknown parentage seed around 1855 by Asa Clement of Massachusetts. Vigorous, hardy variety, ripening s . . . View Full Definition

Drupeggio: Variety grown in the Orvieta DOC, Umbria, Italy. Has synonym names Drupeccio and Lupeccio. Usually the wine from this grape is blended with several others, eg. Verdello and Greco Bianco, to . . . View Full Definition

Duna Gyöngye: Reported as derived from a Seibel 4986 x Csaba Gyöngye 1966 cross, this variety is grown in Hungary. Flowering late, the med/large dark purple-skinned berries grow in medium size compact clu . . . View Full Definition

Dunkelfelder: Developed at the Freiburg Research Institute, Germany, this is a red-fleshed teinturier cultivar derived from the Blau Portuguiser and Färbertraube varieties.

Dunstan (Demko): Female pollinate variety derived from a (V.simpsonii x Marguerite) x (U.K American hybrid x Seyve Villard 12-375) complex crossing. No other details as yet. Not to be confused with the Ameri . . . View Full Definition

Dunstan 2: Variety derived from a Chasselas Rose Violet x Seneca cross. No other details as yet other than it is thought by some to be a cultivar created by the Vineland Research Institute of Ontario, Canada.

Duras: Minor grape grown in the Gaillac AC northeast of Toulouse, France. Has several synonym names including Cabernet Duras and Durade. Used to create red and rose' blended wines made from such va . . . View Full Definition

Durello: Is alias name for Nosiola variety grown in the Veneto region of Italy. Used there to make still and sparkling dry white-wines of crisply acidic character. Other synonym names are Cagnina, Du . . . View Full Definition

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