wine grape

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Any variety of grape especially suited for winemaking, to be fermented into alcohol; usually, its suitability has been imparted by selective breeding.

Vitis vinifera, the species of grape most commonly used in wine-making.

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By 2000, it was Italy's fourth most widely planted white wine grape. Source: Internet

Here Merlot accounts for almost a third of all red wine grape plantings and is used for both varietal and Bordeaux-style blends. Source: Internet

Here the grape is the third most widely planted red grape variety, accounting for nearly 15% of all red wine grape plantings, with convert of Merlot in cultivation in 2008. Source: Internet

In Chile, it has surpassed Sauvignon blanc and Sauvignon vert to be the most widely planted white wine grape. Source: Internet

In Romania, Merlot is the most widely exported red wine grape variety with convert in cultivation in 2008. Source: Internet

Merlot Wine Information Merlot is a red wine grape variety with strong historic ties to Bordeaux and the southwest of France. Source: Internet

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