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Zinfandel
Zinfandel is interestingly a red grape of tremendous repute in California though it originally hails from Croatia.
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Cabernet Franc
Native to Bordeaux where this underrated grape is part of the legendary Bordeaux red wine blend
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Cinsault
Cinsault hails from France’s Southern Rhone where it’s the unsung addition to Rhone Valley blends.
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Alfrochiero
Alfrochiero is a native Portuguese red grape that thrives in they key wine regions of Dao, Tejo and Alentejo.
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Oseleta
Oseleta is a little known grape that in fact plays a vital role producing one of the world’s most loved Italian red blends.
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Carignan
Carignan is a black-skinned wine grape variety, native to the Spanish region of Aragon.
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Canaiolo
Canaiolo is a red grape hailing from Italy’s most popular region of Tuscany where it is the relatively low profile member of Chianti blends dominated by Sangiovese.
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Touriga Nacional
Portugal where it is proudly held up as the flagship grape that makes the country’s astonishingly good Port wines
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Nero d’Avola
Italy’s southern isle of Sicily can thank this intensely coloured grape in large part for putting it on the the Italian wine map.
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Rondinella
Some of Italy’s best red blends like Valpolicella only get made in Veneto because Rondinella plays its vinous part.
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Carmenere
Originally from the French region of Bordeaux, where it’s star kind of faded away, Carmenere struck it big in Chile’s vast sun drenched vineyards where it is for all practical purposes, considered a naturalised star.
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Petit Verdot
Yet another proud Bordeaux grape, Petit Verdot adds depth of colour to the blend alongside formidable noble grapes.
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Mourvedre
Mourvedre is best known for blending with Grenache and Syrah in France’s Southern Rhone, producing delectable and powerful reds.
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Nerello Mascalese
Nerello Mascalese is a Sicilian grape that makes flavourful red wines, mostly famously under the watch of Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna
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Blaufrankish
Austria’s underestimated local red grape can surprise with reds of balanced elegance and can age splendidly.
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Molinara
Molinara is a Veneto grape of light bodied character that adds great natural acidity to the epic Valpolicella and Bardolino blends.
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Petit Syrah
Petit Syrah is a Rhone Valley resident that is a descendant of Syrah and is favourite candidate for blending.
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Ruby Cabernet
Ruby Cabernet rather remarkably was created in California by crossing Cabernet Sauvignon with Carignan.
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Tinta Cao
Tinta Cao is a red Portuguese grape, native to the Duoro Valley where all of the world’s Port wine is produced.
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Croatina
Croatina is widely found in Italy’s north, forming part of the revered Amarone della Valpolicella blend in Veneto.
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Tinta Barroca
Tinta Barroca contributes to Portugal’s sublime Port wine blend, to which it brings the backbone of high alcohol.
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Charbono
Charbono (Bonarda) is a French grape which, like Malbec, found its true expression on another continent.
