Life Style / Wine Grapes Glossary

Baroque: Has several synonym names including Muscadelle de Nantes. White-wine producing variety found mainly in the Landes region, (S.W. France), adjoining the Madiran A.O.C of Armagnac, and in the W . . . View Full Definition

Bath: Has synonym name NY 18149. Derived from a complex labruscana Fredonia x (Chass. Rose Violet x Mills) cross, the latter pairing more simply named N.Y. 10805, released by NY's Geneva Research . . . View Full Definition

Batiki: (No information as yet on this variety, widely grown in Greece, used for white wine production).

Bazaleturi: Variety grown in Georgia (CIS) and used in white wine production. Has synonym name Tsolikouri. Used to make a semi-sweet varietal wine.

Beaufort: American hybrid cultivar developed by Byron Johnson of Cincinnati, Ohio. Derived from a cross between Fort Worth #3 and an unknown V. Rupestris variety. Used to create a deeply red-colored w . . . View Full Definition

Beaumont: American hybrid cultivar suitable for Wine, Juice or Table use. Variety reportedly developed by the late Byron Johnson of Ohio from a cross between a T. V. Munson hybrid Headlight seedling a . . . View Full Definition

Beaunoir: (No other details other than it is Chardonnay-like white-wine creating variety that is one of the known 16 possible descendants of a Pinot cepage x Gouais Blanc ancient variety crossing and . . . View Full Definition

Beaver: Synonym name is G-388. Introduced 1947 by the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station. Listed as derived from an open pollinated seed of Triumph. Black-skinned grape that ripens a week befor . . . View Full Definition

Beichun: Is a complex American, Asian and Muscat Hamburg hybrid cultivar grown in China and elsewhere. Developed at the Northern Chinese Viticultural Institute, near Beijing, it is harsh-cold resista . . . View Full Definition

Bell: Complex American cultivar created by T. V. Munson in 1881. Is a cross of Elvira x Delaware. Reported to have many of the characteristics of the former variety, particularly flavor. Attractiv . . . View Full Definition

Bellandais: Has synonym name Seibel 14596. Reported as derived from a Seibel 6468 x Seibel 5455 cross. No other details as yet other than it appears to be a very sparsely grown complex pedigree variety . . . View Full Definition

Bellone: Variety used for white wine production. Used as a component in an esteemed multi-wine blend called 'Velletri Bianco'. Wines from good vintages considered to have excellent ageing ability. Mo . . . View Full Definition

Ben Hur: Complex V.lincecumii x (Norton x Herbemont) variety created by T.V. Munson who reportedly considered it to be superior to the Black Spanish variety. No other details as yet.

Bequignol Noir: V.vinifera having over 20 synonym names relating to vines established in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy and Spain, some of which indicate confusion about actual variety derivati . . . View Full Definition

Berlinka: Red-wine/tablegrape variety grown in Israel and South Africa. Has low tannins and medium body as a wine. Described by some as having indeterminate flavors. Miniscule output has not attracted . . . View Full Definition

Bernarde: Variety grown in the Valais region of Switzerland. Has the premier synonym name Prie Blanc where grown in the Valle d'Aosta, Italy. In this latter region it is used to produce a sought after . . . View Full Definition

Beta: Reported as an extremely winter-hardy (to -50 deg. F) american complex V.riparia/labrusca cultivar derived from a Concord x Carver variety crossing dating from the 1800s. Ripens late Septemb . . . View Full Definition

Beverdino: Variety reported to be grown in the Colli Piacentini DOC of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy where it is allowed in the blend that comprises the Monterosso Val d'Arda, a sometimes softly s . . . View Full Definition

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