Life Style / Wine Grapes Glossary

Post Oak 2: V.lincecumii derived cultivar.

Poulsard: Black-skinned variety grown in eastern France. Used to produce a light-red wine with attractive flowery aroma useful as a blending agent for enhancing less flavorsome local wines.

Pozsonyi: Variety grown in Central Europe, best known as one of the parents of the cross Irsai Olivér. Has synonym names Pozsonyi Fehér in Hungary, Feher Dinka and Feher Kadarka. elsewhere. Flowering . . . View Full Definition

Prachttraube: Has synonym names Jean Mace and Raisin Superbe. (No other details other than it is a white-wine producing variety developed in France and derived from a Boskokisi x Madeleine Royale variety cross.

Prairie Star: Also known by the synonym name ES 3-24-7. Is a cross between ES 2-7-13 and ES 2-8-1. Developed by Elmer Swenson in 1980 and released around 1994. Harsh-cold (to -40 deg. F. ie. -38 C) tolera . . . View Full Definition

Précose De Malingre: Has several synonym names, including Frueher Malingre and Malingre Précose. Variety with long history in France. Described as having shrubby growth that responds best when pruned to six bud . . . View Full Definition

Prëmetta: Indigenous variety grown in only one vineyard in the Valle d'Aosta region of Italy. Used to make an acclaimed light red, almost onion-skin, varietal wine having a spicy (cloves) aroma, good . . . View Full Definition

President: This variety is a Vinifera and American native Labrusca cross developed by T.V Munson dating from the late 19th century and once popular in eastern Canada where it was used in varietal spark . . . View Full Definition

Price: Reported to be a V.labrusca variety derived from a (Hector x Seibel 13035) x (Fredonia x Athens) complex cross. Hardier (frost resistant to -25 F ie. -32 C) than Concord it also ripens (ie. . . . View Full Definition

Prieto Picudo: Variety grown in Castilla-León province of Spain. Mainly used in the production of red wines known as 'clarete'.

Primitivo (Di Gioia): Also known as Zingarello. Minor variety mainly confined to Apulia in southern Italy where it is used to produce a heavy, robust portlike red wine made from raisined grapes. The widely grown . . . View Full Definition

Princess: Vigorous seedless tablegrape variety popular in California, USA. Normally ripens in mid-season. Recent (2002) trials suggest that good results in terms of moderating vigor, increased yield a . . . View Full Definition

Prosecco: Minor grape grown in Veneto region of northern Italy and generally used to make both crisp, dry whites and also sparkling sweet wines having a uniquely perfumed aroma and nutlike flavor nuan . . . View Full Definition

Prugnolo Gentile: Alternative name for Sangiovese Grosso grape..

Prunelard (Noir): Reported to be a very rare variety grown in the Tarn region of France. Thought to have been near extinction it was recovered by Robert Plageoles and referred to locally as the Red Stemmed Cô . . . View Full Definition

Prunelard Blanc: Has synonym name Bouysselet. Almost extinct V.vinifera variety grown in the Tarn region of France. No other details as yet.

Putzscheere: (a.k.a Putscher). Wine/table grape native to Hungary and also grown in other countries of eastern Europe under many synonyms. Also found in California where it has the alias name Green Hunga . . . View Full Definition

Quagliano: Variety grown in the Colline Saluzzesi DOC of Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy. Reportedly made into Brachetto-like varietal sweet white and sparkling spumante wines of low alcohol content.

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