Cardinal (car-din-AWL)

Vigorous, high yielding cross of a Hungarian table grape and a French The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Carignan (CAR-i-nyan)

The French name for the Spanish grape mazuelo which originated in The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Carmenère (car-men-AIR)

Ancient Bordeaux variety (also known in Bordeaux as grande vidure) whose The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Bobal (bo-BAAL)

Indigenous Spanish red that is grown principally in Utiel-Requena The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Bonarda (bo-NAR-da)

Second most popular variety in Argentina after malbec. Though called The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Brachetto (bra-KET-oh)

Native to and found primarily in Piedmont, Italy, around the towns of The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Cabernet Franc

While not as well known as its offsprings cabernet sauvignon and The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Cabernet Sauvignon

The preeminent classic red grape variety, cabernet sauvignon is The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. The medieval French word for a small village, similar to the Old English “burg” 

B. A nomadic German tribe which once settled in the area

C. The Latin word Burgarius which was the name for a Roman province that once extended over most of central France

D. The name for early French rural governing bodies which were made up of noble councilmen who were known as Burrs