The following grape variety names have been approved by the Administrator for use as type designations for American wines. When more than one name may be used to identify a single variety of grape, the synonym is shown in parentheses following the grape variety names. Grape variety names may appear on labels of wine in upper or in lower case, and may be spelled with or without the hyphens or diacritic marks indicated in the following list.

Aglianico Agawam Albariño (Alvarinho) Albemarle Aleatico Alicante Bouschet Aligoté Alvarelhão Alvarinho (Albariño) Arneis Aurore Auxerrois Bacchus Baco blanc Baco noir Barbera Beacon Beclan Bellandais Beta Biancolella Black Corinth Black Malvoisie (Cinsaut) Black Monukka Black Muscat (Muscat Hamburg) Black Pearl Blanc Du Bois Blaufränkish (Lemberger, Limberger) Blue Eye Bonarda Bountiful Brianna Burdin 4672 Burdin 5201 Burdin 11042 Burgaw Burger Cabernet Diane Cabernet Doré Cabernet franc Cabernet Pfeffer Cabernet Sauvignon Calzin Campbell Early (Island Belle) Canada Muscat Canaiolo (Canaiolo Nero) Canaiolo Nero (Canaiolo) Captivator Carignan (Carignane) Carignane (Carignan) Carlos Carmenère Carmine Carnelian Cascade Castel 19-637 Catawba Cayuga White Centurion Chambourcin Chancellor Charbono Chardonel Chardonnay Chasselas doré Chelois Chenin blanc Chief Chowan Cinsaut (Black Malvoisie) Clairette blanche Clinton Colombard (French Colombard) Colobel Corot noir Cortese Corvina Concord Conquistador Couderc noir Counoise Cowart Creek Crimson Cabernet Cynthiana (Norton) Dearing De Chaunac Delaware Diamond Dixie Dolcetto Doreen Dornfelder Dulcet Durif (Petite Sirah) Dutchess Early Burgundy Early Muscat Edelweiss Eden Ehrenfelser Ellen Scott Elvira Emerald Riesling Erbaluce Favorite Feher Szagos Fernão Pires Fern Munson Fiano Flame Tokay Flora Florental Folle blanche Forastera Fredonia Freedom Freisa French Colombard (Colombard) Frontenac Frontenac gris Fry Fumé blanc (Sauvignon blanc) Furmint Gamay noir Garnacha (Grenache, Grenache noir) Garnacha blanca (Grenache blanc) Garronet Geneva Red 7 Gewürztraminer Gladwin 113 Glennel Gold Golden Isles Golden Muscat Graciano Grand Noir Green Hungarian Grenache (Garnacha, Grenache noir) Grenache blanc (Garnacha blanca) Grenache noir (Garnacha, Grenache) Grignolino Grillo Gros Verdot Grüner Veltliner Helena Herbemont Higgins Horizon Hunt Iona Interlaken Isabella Island Belle (Campbell Early) Ives James Jewell Joannes Seyve 12-428 Joannes Seyve 23-416 Kerner Kay Gray Kleinberger La Crescent LaCrosse Lagrein Lake Emerald Lambrusco Landal Landot noir Lenoir Léon Millot Lemberger (Blaufränkish, Limberger) Limberger (Blaufränkisch, Lemberger) Louise Swenson Lucie Kuhlmann Madeline Angevine Magnolia Magoon Malbec Malvasia bianca (Moscato greco) Mammolo Maréchal Foch Marquette Marsanne Mataro (Monastrell, Mourvèdre) Melody Melon (Melon de Bourgogne) Melon de Bourgogne (Melon) Merlot Meunier (Pinot Meunier) Mish Mission Missouri Riesling Monastrell (Mataro, Mourvèdre) Mondeuse (Refosco) Montefiore Montepulciano Moore Early Morio-Muskat Moscato greco (Malvasia bianca) Mourvèdre (Mataro) Mourvèdre (Mataro, Monastrell) Müller-Thurgau Münch Muscadelle Muscat blanc (Muscat Canelli) Muscat Canelli (Muscat blanc) Muscat du Moulin Muscat Hamburg (Black Muscat) Muscat of Alexandria Muscat Ottonel Naples Nebbiolo Négrette Negrara Negro Amaro Nero d'Avola New York Muscat Niagara Noah Noble Noiret Norton (Cynthiana) Ontario Orange Muscat Palomino Pamlico Pedro Ximenes Peloursin Petit Bouschet Petit Manseng Petit Verdot Petite Sirah (Durif) Peverella Picpoul (Piquepoul blanc) Pinotage Pinot blanc Pinot Grigio (Pinot gris) Pinot gris (Pinot Grigio) Pinot Meunier (Meunier) Pinot noir Piquepoul blanc (Picpoul) Prairie Star Precoce de Malingre Pride Primitivo Princess Rayon d'Or Ravat 34 Ravat 51 (Vignoles) Ravat noir Redgate Refosco (Mondeuse) Regale Reliance Riesling (White Riesling) Rkatsiteli (Rkatziteli) Rkatziteli (Rkatsiteli) Roanoke Rondinella Rosette Roucaneuf Rougeon Roussanne Royalty Rubired Ruby Cabernet St. Croix St. Laurent St. Pepin St. Vincent Sabrevois Sagrantino Saint Macaire Salem Salvador Sangiovese Sauvignon blanc (Fumé blanc) Sauvignon gris Scarlet Scheurebe Sémillon Sereksiya Seyval (Seyval blanc) Seyval blanc (Seyval) Shiraz (Syrah) Siegerrebe Siegfried Southland Souzão Steuben Stover Sugargate Sultanina (Thomspon Seedless) Summit Suwannee Sylvaner Symphony Syrah (Shiraz) Swenson Red Tannat Tarheel Taylor Tempranillo (Valdepeñas) Teroldego Thomas Thompson Seedless (Sultanina) Tinta Madeira Tinto cão Tocai Friulano Topsail Touriga Traminer Traminette Trebbiano (Ugni blanc) Trousseau Trousseau gris Ugni blanc (Trebbiano) Valdepeñas (Tempranillo) Valdiguié Valerien Valiant Valvin Muscat Van Buren Veeblanc Veltliner Ventura Verdelet Verdelho Vergennes Vermentino Vidal blanc Vignoles (Ravat 51) Villard blanc Villard noir Vincent Viognier Vivant Welsch Rizling Watergate Welder White Riesling (Riesling) Wine King Yuga Zinfandel Zinthiana Zweigelt [T.D. ATF-370, 61 FR 539, Jan. 8, 1996, as amended by T.D. ATF-417, 64 FR 49388, Sept. 13, 1999; T.D. ATF-433, 65 FR 78096, Dec. 14, 2000; T.D. ATF-466, 66 FR 49280, Sept. 27, 2001; T.D. ATF-475, 67 FR 11918, Mar. 18, 2002; T.D. ATF-481, 67 FR 56481, Sept. 4, 2002; T.D. TTB-95, 76 FR 66628, Oct. 25, 2011]

The following alternative names shown in the left column may be used as the type designation for American wine in lieu of the name of the grape variety shown in the right column. Alternative names listed in the left column may only be used for wine bottled prior to the date indicated.

(a) Wines bottled prior to January 1, 1997.

Alternative Name/Name Baco 1—Baco noir Baco 22A—Baco blanc Bastardo—Trousseau Black Spanish—Lenoir Burdin 7705—Florental Cayuga—Cayuga White Chancellor noir—Chancellor Chasselas—Chasselas doré Chevrier—Sémillon Chelois noir—Chelois Couderc 71-20—Couderc noir Couderc 299-35—Muscat du Moulin Foch—Maréchal Foch Franken Riesling—Sylvaner Gutedel—Chasselas doré Ives Seedling—Ives Jacquez—Lenoir Joannes Seyve 26-205—Chambourcin Landot 244—Landal Landot 4511—Landot noir Millot—Leon Millot Moore's Diamond—Diamond Norton Seedling—Norton Pfeffer Cabernet—Cabernet Pfeffer Pineau de la Loire—Chenin blanc Pinot Chardonnay—Chardonnay Ravat 262—Ravat noir Ruländer—Pinot gris Seibel 128—Salvador Seibel 1000—Rosette Seibel 4986—Rayon d'Or Seibel 5279—Aurore Seibel 5898—Rougeon Seibel 7053—Chancellor Seibel 8357—Colobel Seibel 9110—Verdelet Seibel 9549—De Chaunac Seibel 10878—Chelois Seibel 13053—Cascade Seibel 14596—Bellandais Seyve-Villard 5-276—Seyval Seyve-Villard 12-309—Roucaneuf Seyve-Villard 12-375—Villard blanc Seyve-Villard 18-283—Garronet Seyve-Villard 18-315—Villard noir Seyve-Villard 23-410—Valerien Sweetwater—Chasselas doré Verdelet blanc—Verdelet Vidal 256—Vidal blanc Virginia Seedling—Norton Wälschriesling—Welsch Rizling Welschriesling—Welsch Rizling

(b) Wines bottled prior to January 1, 1999.

Alternative Name/Name Cabernet—Cabernet Sauvignon Grey Riesling—Trousseau gris Muscat Frontignan—Muscat blanc Muscat Pantelleria—Muscat of Alexandria Napa Gamay—Valdiquié Pinot Saint George—Négrette Sauvignon vert—Muscadelle

(c) Wines bottled prior to January 1, 2006.

Alternative Name/Name Johannisberg Riesling—Riesling

(d) Wines bottled prior to October 29, 2012.

Alternative Name/Name Agwam—Agawam [T.D. ATF-370, 61 FR 539, Jan. 8, 1996, as amended by T.D. ATF-417, 64 FR 49388, Sept. 13, 1999; T.D. TTB-95, 76 FR 66629, Oct. 27, 2011]

(a) Any interested person may petition the Administrator for the approval of a grape variety name. The petition may be in the form of a letter and should provide evidence of the following—

(1) Acceptance of the new grape variety,

(2) The validity of the name for identifying the grape variety,

(3) That the variety is used or will be used in winemaking, and

(4) That the variety is grown and used in the United States.

(b) For the approval of names of new grape varieties, documentation submitted with the petition to establish the items in paragraph (a) of this section may include—

(1) reference to the publication of the name of the variety in a scientific or professional journal of horticulture or a published report by a professional, scientific or winegrowers' organization,

(2) reference to a plant patent, if so patented, and

(3) information pertaining to the commercial potential of the variety, such as the acreage planted and its location or market studies.

(c) The Administrator will not approve a grape variety name if:

(1) The name has previously been used for a different grape variety;

(2) The name contains a term or name found to be misleading under § 4.39; or

(3) The name of a new grape variety contains the term “Riesling.”

(d) For new grape varieties developed in the United States, the Administrator may determine if the use of names which contain words of geographical significance, place names, or foreign words are misleading under § 4.39. The Administrator will not approve the use of a grape variety name found to be misleading.

(e) The Administrator shall publish the list of approved grape variety names at least annually in the Federal Register.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control Number 1512-0513)