Grape Expectations Learn more about this book. The red grape varieties The white grape varieties Of a total of about 8,000 grape varieties, only a select few are now on display at your local wine shop. That's good, because it gives you fewer wine names to memorize.
White grapes are listed here first, then reds.
It's not an order of rank or preference, just a convenience. The Most Popular White Grape Varieties Most white wines are made from white grapes. Hundreds of white grape varieties are made into wine, but only a handful are seen on wine labels as varietal wines. This section reviews some of the most popular. The grape variety is technically known as a cultivar .