27 CFR § 4.91 - List of approved names.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s4.91"
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title: "27 CFR § 4.91 - List of approved names."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "4.91"
section_name: "List of approved names."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "4"
part_name: "LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF WINE"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "27 U.S.C. 205, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13835, Dec. 29, 1960, unless otherwise noted."
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# 4.91 List of approved names.

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]