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La Crescent is a French-American Hybrid variety. This white grape provides a very cold hardy and moderately disease resistant variety for growers.
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Albariño from Spain is the same as Alvarinho in Portugal. It is a common variety in both of these countries that has slowly been gaining in popularity in the United States. The clusters are small with lots of space between the berries. It is not suitable to cold winter temperatures. It is a medium producer that produces light, fruity wines with a higher acidity.
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Chardonnay is our most popular white wine variety and is the most widely planted commercial white wine variety in the United States. It is suitable for all growing regions where grapevines are grown. Chardonnay has medium disease tolerance and is very tolerant to winter cold temperatures. It has medium to large clusters and berries and produces very well.
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A white grape variety most commonly found in the Northern Rhone region of France. This variety often produces a relatively heavy crop of loosely clustered berries that prefer dry warm regions to grow in. The wine shows flavors of melon, honeydew and mineral, along with undertones of nuttiness. This could be a great substitution for Chardonnay or could be blended with Roussanne.
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Often called White Riesling, it produces aromatic wines with high acid. It has small clusters and small berries and can be left on the vine to produce late harvest wine with noble rot. The vines are very cold hardy and are grown the coolest regions of Germany, France, Austria, and Canada. It is popular on the East Coast as well.
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A white wine grape grown in the Northern Rhone with tight clustered berries that have a golden color when ripe. In warm climates the wine shows aromas of flowery herbal tea with undertones of salinity and minerality. The wine has flavors of honey and pear with a rich full body. Many times Roussanne is blended with Marsanne or Viognier.
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Sauvignon Blanc is a high producing white wine variety that is not very winter cold tolerant. It is grown in every grape growing region from hot to cool climates. It has medium disease tolerance. Harvested early, it will make a wine with grassy, citrus fruit flavors. Harvested later will produce more tropical fruit flavors.
