27 CFR § 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]