Life Style / Wine Grapes Glossary

Bonarda (Piemontese): Minor red grape grown in Piedmont region of Italy. Makes fruity red wine of mild intensity when blended with wine from Barbera grape.

Bonarda Novarese: Alternate name for Uva Rara grape..

Bondola: Relatively rare indigenous red wine grape of southern Switzerland.

Bonvedro: Minor grape grown in Italy and Australia. In the latter country it is also known under the alias name of False Carignan.

Bonvino Nero: (See Cesanese below).

Bordo: Synonym name for the Cabernet Franc grape when grown in NE. Italy.

Borraçal: Red-wine variety grown in Spain and Portugal. Has several synonym names including Caiño Gordo, Caiño Grande, Caiño Grosso, Caiño Redondo, Esfarrapa and Olho de Sapo. Native variety reported . . . View Full Definition

Bosco: White-wine producing variety mainly found in the Liguria region coastline DOC of Italy. Has synonym name Madea. Used to make the mildly aromatic, dry blend known as 'Cinque Terre' that inclu . . . View Full Definition

Boskokisi: (No other details as yet other than its claim to fame as one of the parents of the Prachttraube cultivar).

Bouchalès: Has several synonym names including Capbreton Rouge. Mainly grown in the Aquitaine/Charente regions of S.W. France where it is used to make red wines.

Bouchet: Alternate name for the Cabernet Franc grape when grown in certain cru areas of the Bordeaux region. Conversely, in Australia, it is used as an alias name for the Cabernet Sauvignon grape.

Bouchy: Local name for the Cabernet Franc grape grown in the Pyrenees region of France. Makes one of four wines blended to produce a full-bodied red wine called 'Madiran'. The others are Courbu Noir . . . View Full Definition

Bouquettraube: Has synonym name Bukettraube. Variety used for mediocre white wine production is grown in France, Germany, Italy, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Bourboulenc: Minor white-wine producing variety, grown in southern Rhone region of France, sometimes used in local white wine blends to help create acidic balance. Has the synonym names Malvoisie in the . . . View Full Definition

Bouvier: Minor native grape grown in Austria. Reported as derived from a seedling crossed by Mr. Bouvier. One parent is currently unknown, the other is from the Pinot cepage. Produces soft, fragrant . . . View Full Definition

Bovale Piccolo: Red wine grape grown in central Sardinia. Used to make aromatic dry varietal, and rosés, (also blended wines), for early consumption. Has several synonym names including Bovale Sardo.

Brachetto: Minor grape grown in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy. Often used to make light, frizzante low-alcohol (5%) red sweet wine named 'Birbet' noted for fruity, raspberry/strawberry aroma with som . . . View Full Definition

Brandis: Reported to be a complex V.riperia x V.labrusca x V.aestivalis female pollinate vine resistant to fungus diseases. Appears to have been developed in Connecticut, USA in 1985. No other detail . . . View Full Definition

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