what is colombard
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Colombard (also known as French Colombard in North America) is a white French wine grape variety that is the offspring of Gouais blanc and Chenin blanc.his grape is mainly grown in California to provide backbone, due to its natural acidic character, for white  jug wine  blends. It is also widely grown in South Africa where it is known as Colombar, the wine gives lovely flavours of Guava, and to a lesser extent in Australia.