White Wine

• Chardonnay - The most popular white grape, offering apple, citrus, stone fruit and vanilla notes. Produces dry to sweet, light to full-bodied wine. Used for Champagne and white Burgundy.
• Sauvignon Blanc - Provides very aromatic, zesty wines with flavors of grapefruit, gooseberry, grass and herbaceousness. Famous in Sancerre and New Zealand.
• Riesling - Grown in Germany, Alsace and Austria. Can be bone dry to very sweet. Offers peach, apricot, petrol, honey and minerality.
• Pinot Gris/Grigio - Light, crisp and dry with flavors of lemon, pear, and stone fruits. Popular in Italy as Pinot Grigio.
• Gewürztraminer - An aromatic grape that makes floral, spicy wine with lychee, rose and ginger flavors. Grown in Alsace.
• Viognier - Aromatic white with apricot, peach and honeysuckle notes. Grown in the Rhone Valley.
• Chenin Blanc - High acidity wine with apple, honey, quince and wet stone flavors. Important in the Loire Valley.
• Albariño - Spanish white offering lemon, peach, saline and oceanic flavors. Grown in Rias Baixas.
• Moschofilero - Floral Greek white grape making lightly aromatic wine with citrus and peach notes.
• Torrontés - Perfumed, dry wine with notes of roses, lychee, and jasmine. Argentina's signature white grape.
• Grüner Veltliner - Austrian grape with white pepper, grapefruit and herb flavors. Crisp, food-friendly wines.

The flavors and body of white wines range from light, delicate, and crisp to rich and rounded. They are often consumed young when fresh. Region, grape variety, and production methods significantly affect the style.