Four Interesting Wine Varietals: Moschofilero, Grillo, Ugni Blanc, and Petit Manseng

Wine Varietals: Moschofilero, Grillo, Ugni Blanc, and Petit Manseng

Today there are four different types of grape varieties we are going to look into for our new selection. The four grapes are Moschofilero, Grillo, Ugni Blanc, and Petit Manseng. When looking into each of these grapes we will look for their characteristics, origin, and style of wine produced.

    The first grape is Moschofilero, a pink-skinned grape. This grape produces floral characteristics (Wine Searcher, 2014). It mainly grows on Greece's Peloponnese peninsula producing light Mantinia wines (Wine Searcher, 2014). However, Moschofilero grapes are very sensitive to weather and can be easily make growing them hard and stressful in high and low temperatures.

    Second is the citrus flavor from the Grillo grape. It is a Sicilian grape that is used in production of Marsala (Wine Searcher, 2014). Grillo is considered to produce a low-alcohol Italian white wine. It is considered to be an easy vine to grow.

    Ugni Blanc is also known as Trebbiano. This grape is spread out throughout Europe, most commonly known in France (Wine Searcher, 2014). It is also a white wine grape well known to be in Cognac and Armagnac (Wine Searcher, 2014). For characteristics, Ugni Blanc is high in acidity, low in sugar and resistant to disease, making it great for turning it into spirits.

    Lastly, Petit Manseng is a light- skinned grape, very small in size. They're production is low volume, due to their size, but they have a high acidity producing high alcohol. Petit Manseng is well known in Jurancon and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh (Wine Searcher, 2014). This grape is well known to be grown throughout Languedoc-Roussillon and California (Wine Searcher, 2014). To grow these vines caution needs to be made to avoid fungal diseases.

    Each grape variety has their pros and cons to growing them. Some need to have high attention to keep them safe, alive, and growing greatly. While others can grow through rough weathers. Each grape variety is also used to produce different levels of alcohol, everything from dry to sweet wines and spirits. This brings us to the question, which grape would work best for our company?


Reference

Wine Searcher. (2014). Grape Varieties. Retrieved from: http://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-varieties.lml