Grapes
Italy grows more native grape varieties than any other country, and most of its great wines are named for a place rather than the grape inside. This guide works the other way round. Each page explains one grape: where it grows, what it tastes like, and which wines are made from it, with links to those wines and their regions. Start with a region or a colour, search for a name you have seen on a label, or browse the full index below.
Red grapes · 26 grapes

Aglianico
Campania
Barbera
Piedmont
Cannonau
Sardinia
Cesanese
Lazio
Corvina
Veneto
Croatina
Lombardy
Dolcetto
Piedmont
Freisa
Piedmont
Gaglioppo
Calabria
Grignolino
Piedmont
Lagrein
Trentino-Alto Adige
Molinara
Veneto
Montepulciano
Abruzzo
Nebbiolo
Piedmont
Negroamaro
Puglia
Pelaverga
Piedmont
Piedirosso
Campania
Primitivo
Puglia
Raboso
Veneto
Rondinella
Veneto
Ruche
Piedmont
Sagrantino
Umbria
Teroldego
Trentino-Alto Adige
Uva di Troia
Puglia
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