§ 4.91 - List of approved names.  


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  • § 4.91 List of approved names.

    The following grape variety names have been approved by the Administrator for use as type designations for American wines. When more than one name may be used to identify a single variety of grape, the synonym is shown in parentheses following the grape variety names. Grape variety names may appear on labels of wine in upper or in lower case, and may be spelled with or without the hyphens or diacritic marks indicated in the following list.

    Aglianico

    Agawam

    Albariño (Alvarinho)

    Albemarle

    Aleatico

    Alicante Bouschet

    Aligoté

    Alvarelhão

    Alvarinho (Albariño)

    Arneis

    Aurore

    Auxerrois

    Bacchus

    Baco blanc

    Baco noir

    Barbera

    Beacon

    Beclan

    Bellandais

    Beta

    Biancolella

    Black Corinth

    Black Malvoisie (Cinsaut)

    Black Monukka

    Black Muscat (Muscat Hamburg)

    Black Pearl

    Blanc Du Bois

    Blaufränkish (Lemberger, Limberger)

    Blue Eye

    Bonarda

    Bountiful

    Brianna

    Burdin 4672

    Burdin 5201

    Burdin 11042

    Burgaw

    Burger

    Cabernet Diane

    Cabernet Doré

    Cabernet franc

    Cabernet Pfeffer

    Cabernet Sauvignon

    Calzin

    Campbell Early (Island Belle)

    Canada Muscat

    Canaiolo (Canaiolo Nero)

    Canaiolo Nero (Canaiolo)

    Captivator

    Carignan (Carignane)

    Carignane (Carignan)

    Carlos

    Carmenère

    Carmine

    Carnelian

    Cascade

    Castel 19-637

    Catawba

    Cayuga White

    Centurion

    Chambourcin

    Chancellor

    Charbono

    Chardonel

    Chardonnay

    Chasselas doré

    Chelois

    Chenin blanc

    Chief

    Chowan

    Cinsaut (Black Malvoisie)

    Clairette blanche

    Clinton

    Colombard (French Colombard)

    Colobel

    Corot noir

    Cortese

    Corvina

    Concord

    Conquistador

    Couderc noir

    Counoise

    Cowart

    Creek

    Crimson Cabernet

    Cynthiana (Norton)

    Dearing

    De Chaunac

    Delaware

    Diamond

    Dixie

    Dolcetto

    Doreen

    Dornfelder

    Dulcet

    Durif (Petite Sirah)

    Dutchess

    Early Burgundy

    Early Muscat

    Edelweiss

    Eden

    Ehrenfelser

    Ellen Scott

    Elvira

    Emerald Riesling

    Erbaluce

    Favorite

    Feher Szagos

    Fernão Pires

    Fern Munson

    Fiano

    Flame Tokay

    Flora

    Florental

    Folle blanche

    Forastera

    Fredonia

    Freedom

    Freisa

    French Colombard (Colombard)

    Frontenac

    Frontenac gris

    Fry

    Fumé blanc (Sauvignon blanc)

    Furmint

    Gamay noir

    Garnacha (Grenache, Grenache noir)

    Garnacha blanca (Grenache blanc)

    Garronet

    Geneva Red 7

    Gewürztraminer

    Gladwin 113

    Glennel

    Gold

    Golden Isles

    Golden Muscat

    Graciano

    Grand Noir

    Green Hungarian

    Grenache (Garnacha, Grenache noir)

    Grenache blanc (Garnacha blanca)

    Grenache noir (Garnacha, Grenache)

    Grignolino

    Grillo

    Gros Verdot

    Grüner Veltliner

    Helena

    Herbemont

    Higgins

    Horizon

    Hunt

    Iona

    Interlaken

    Isabella

    Island Belle (Campbell Early)

    Ives

    James

    Jewell

    Joannes Seyve 12-428

    Joannes Seyve 23-416

    Kerner

    Kay Gray

    Kleinberger

    La Crescent

    LaCrosse

    Lagrein

    Lake Emerald

    Lambrusco

    Landal

    Landot noir

    Lenoir

    Léon Millot

    Lemberger (Blaufränkish, Limberger)

    Limberger (Blaufränkisch, Lemberger)

    Louise Swenson

    Lucie Kuhlmann

    Madeline Angevine

    Magnolia

    Magoon

    Malbec

    Malvasia bianca (Moscato greco)

    Mammolo

    Maréchal Foch

    Marquette

    Marsanne

    Mataro (Monastrell, Mourvèdre)

    Melody

    Melon (Melon de Bourgogne)

    Melon de Bourgogne (Melon)

    Merlot

    Meunier (Pinot Meunier)

    Mish

    Mission

    Missouri Riesling

    Monastrell (Mataro, Mourvèdre)

    Mondeuse (Refosco)

    Montefiore

    Montepulciano

    Moore Early

    Morio-Muskat

    Moscato greco (Malvasia bianca)

    Mourvèdre (Mataro)

    Mourvèdre (Mataro, Monastrell)

    Müller-Thurgau

    Münch

    Muscadelle

    Muscat blanc (Muscat Canelli)

    Muscat Canelli (Muscat blanc)

    Muscat du Moulin

    Muscat Hamburg (Black Muscat)

    Muscat of Alexandria

    Muscat Ottonel

    Naples

    Nebbiolo

    Négrette

    Negrara

    Negro Amaro

    Nero d'Avola

    New York Muscat

    Niagara

    Noah

    Noble

    Noiret

    Norton (Cynthiana)

    Ontario

    Orange Muscat

    Palomino

    Pamlico

    Pedro Ximenes

    Peloursin

    Petit Bouschet

    Petit Manseng

    Petit Verdot

    Petite Sirah (Durif)

    Peverella

    Picpoul (Piquepoul blanc)

    Pinotage

    Pinot blanc

    Pinot Grigio (Pinot gris)

    Pinot gris (Pinot Grigio)

    Pinot Meunier (Meunier)

    Pinot noir

    Piquepoul blanc (Picpoul)

    Prairie Star

    Precoce de Malingre

    Pride

    Primitivo

    Princess

    Rayon d'Or

    Ravat 34

    Ravat 51 (Vignoles)

    Ravat noir

    Redgate

    Refosco (Mondeuse)

    Regale

    Reliance

    Riesling (White Riesling)

    Rkatsiteli (Rkatziteli)

    Rkatziteli (Rkatsiteli)

    Roanoke

    Rondinella

    Rosette

    Roucaneuf

    Rougeon

    Roussanne

    Royalty

    Rubired

    Ruby Cabernet

    St. Croix

    St. Laurent

    St. Pepin

    St. Vincent

    Sabrevois

    Sagrantino

    Saint Macaire

    Salem

    Salvador

    Sangiovese

    Sauvignon blanc (Fumé blanc)

    Sauvignon gris

    Scarlet

    Scheurebe

    Sémillon

    Sereksiya

    Seyval (Seyval blanc)

    Seyval blanc (Seyval)

    Shiraz (Syrah)

    Siegerrebe

    Siegfried

    Southland

    Souzão

    Steuben

    Stover

    Sugargate

    Sultanina (Thomspon Seedless)

    Summit

    Suwannee

    Sylvaner

    Symphony

    Syrah (Shiraz)

    Swenson Red

    Tannat

    Tarheel

    Taylor

    Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)

    Teroldego

    Thomas

    Thompson Seedless (Sultanina)

    Tinta Madeira

    Tinto cão

    Tocai Friulano

    Topsail

    Touriga

    Traminer

    Traminette

    Trebbiano (Ugni blanc)

    Trousseau

    Trousseau gris

    Ugni blanc (Trebbiano)

    Valdepeñas (Tempranillo)

    Valdiguié

    Valerien

    Valiant

    Valvin Muscat

    Van Buren

    Veeblanc

    Veltliner

    Ventura

    Verdelet

    Verdelho

    Vergennes

    Vermentino

    Vidal blanc

    Vignoles (Ravat 51)

    Villard blanc

    Villard noir

    Vincent

    Viognier

    Vivant

    Welsch Rizling

    Watergate

    Welder

    White Riesling (Riesling)

    Wine King

    Yuga

    Zinfandel

    Zinthiana

    Zweigelt

    [T.D. ATF-370, 61 FR 539, Jan. 8, 1996, as amended by T.D. ATF-417, 64 FR 49388, Sept. 13, 1999; T.D. ATF-433, 65 FR 78096, Dec. 14, 2000; T.D. ATF-466, 66 FR 49280, Sept. 27, 2001; T.D. ATF-475, 67 FR 11918, Mar. 18, 2002; T.D. ATF-481, 67 FR 56481, Sept. 4, 2002; T.D. TTB-95, 76 FR 66628, Oct. 25, 2011]