Life Style / Wine Grapes Glossary

Suwannee: Is designed to be resistant to Pierce's Disease for use in Florida and the lower Gulf States of the U.S.A. Mainly used in sparkling wine blends.

Sweet Jenny: Bronze, female-pollinate V.rotundifolia (ie. Muscadine) variety. Derived from a Georgia 11-2-2 x Georgia 12-12-1 cross. Reported to to be vigorous and disease resistant, usually ripening in . . . View Full Definition

Swenson (Red): Red-blue skinned American hybrid variety derived from a Minn 78 x Seibel 11803 cross. Mainly suitable as tablegrape. Claimed by some as capable of making a good rosé wine. Berry has strong s . . . View Full Definition

Swenson White: Has synonym name ES 6-1-43. Very vigorous variety developed in 1980 and released around 1994 by Elmer Swenson at the Univ. of Minnesota from an Edelweiss x E.S. 442 seedling that ripens arou . . . View Full Definition

Symphony: White-wine producing grape-cross derived from Muscat of Alexandria and Grenache Gris created in 1948 by a Univ. Davis viticulturist. The wine has an unusual resistance to oxidation, maintain . . . View Full Definition

Syrah: A grape variety associated with the Rhone Valley region of France, famous for creating 'Hermitage' red wine. Recent research (reported 27 June '01) has determined that the parents of this va . . . View Full Definition

Szagos Feher: Variety reportedly used as part of certain sparkling white-wine blends in France and for dessert wines elsewhere. (No other details as yet other than it is also referred to as the Feher Szag . . . View Full Definition

Tamares: White-wine producer variety widely grown in the El Bierzo region of N.W Spain. Known as Tamarez or Crato Branco where grown in Portugal. Mostly used to make the young Vinho Verde wines of th . . . View Full Definition

Tamianka: Has several synonym names including Tamiioasa Romaneasca and Weihrauchtraube. Grown in Romania, this variety produces tightly clustered, medium large freckled yellow berries that brown in th . . . View Full Definition

Taminga: White-wine producing variety bred in Australia specifically for hot climate regions.

Tampa: Commonly used as rootstock for the Conquistador, Orlando (Seedless), Black Spanish and Stover bunchgrapes in order to promote good growth and yield on cultivated alkaline soilsites in Florid . . . View Full Definition

Tannat: Deeply colored and tannic minor grape grown in the Pyrenees region of France. One of four grapes whose wine is blended to make the full-bodied red wine known as 'Madiran'. The others are Bou . . . View Full Definition

Tara: Bronze, self-fertile V.rotundifolia (ie. Muscadine) variety. Reported as species superior in cold-hardiness, very vigorous, with high yields of good (17%) fruit sugar content. Ripens early t . . . View Full Definition

Tarheel: Complex V.rotundifolia (ie. Muscadine) cultivar. Derived from a Luola x (Eden x (Eden x V. Munsonia)) cross. Mainly grown in the South and Gulf States of the U.S.A where it is recommended as . . . View Full Definition

Tarrango: Hot region red-wine grape variety cross quite popular in, and confined to, Australia. Reportedly derived from Touriga and Sultanina grapes and possessed of low tannins and some acidity. Cons . . . View Full Definition

Taylor: Historically important American (V. labrusca x V. riparia) variety. Has the synonym name Bullitt. One of the most compatible vines used by the hybridizers during the 19th century phylloxera . . . View Full Definition

Tazzelenghe: Red wine producing variety found in N.E Italy. Has synonym name Tacelenghe. Used for making a tannic varietal with moderate ageing ability and also used in blends that include some Merlot an . . . View Full Definition

Tempranillo: Fine winegrape used in best quality red wines of Spain and Portugal. Also known under the synonym names of Cencibel in La Mancha and as Ull de Llebre in Catalonia. Has over thirty synonym na . . . View Full Definition

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