Wine Grape Varieties

Muscat a Petits Grains Blancs

Muscat à Petits Grains Blancs is a white grape variety originating in Greece. It is widely used to produce sweet wines. In France, it is a key variety for making Vin Doux Naturel, a type of fortified wine, and similar sweet fortified wines are produced in many other countries. In Italy's Piedmont region, where the DOCG Asti is located, the grape is used to produce low-alcohol, sparkling sweet wines, with over 10,000 hectares under cultivation.

Variety names and synonyms registered in the variety list

Austria
  • Gelber Muskateller
  • Muskateller
Bulgaria
  • Тамянка (Tamyanka)
  • Москато бианко (Moskato bianko)
  • Москатело (Moskatelo)
  • Мускат блан пети грен (Muskat blan peti gren)
  • Теменуга (Temenuga)
Croatia
  • Muškat bijeli
  • Muškat
  • Muškat canelli
Cyprus
  • Μοσχάτο Ασπρο (Moschato aspro)
  • Μοσχάτο Σάμου (Moschato Samou)
Czechia
  • Rumeni Muškat
  • Muškát žlutý
  • Gelber Muskateller
  • Muškát žltý
  • Tamaioasa romaneasca
France
  • Muscat à petits grains blancs
Germany
  • Gelber Muskateller
Greece
  • Μοσχάτο άσπρο (Moschato aspro)
  • Μοσχάτο Σπίνας (Moschato Spinas)
  • Μοσχάτο Μάζας (Moschato Mazas)
Hungary
  • Sárga muskotály
  • Muscat lunel
  • Muscat de lunel
  • Muscat blanc
  • Muscat de frontignan
  • Muscat bélüj
  • Muskat weisser
  • Muscat zlty
  • Moscato bianco
  • Weiler
  • Muscat sylvaner
  • Weisser
Italy
  • Moscato bianco
  • Gelber Muskateller
  • Muscat blanc a petit grain
  • Muscat de Chambave
  • Moscatellone
  • Moscato reale
  • Moscato
  • Muscat
  • Muskateller
Malta
  • Moscato bianco
Netherlands
  • Muscat Blanc
Portugal
  • Moscatel-Galego-Branco
  • Muscat-à-Petits-Grains
Romania
  • Moscato Bianco
  • Tămâioasă românească
  • Busuioacă de Moldova
  • Muscat blanc à petit grains
Slovakia
  • Muškát žltý
Slovenia
  • Rumeni muškat
Spain
  • Moscatel de Grano Menudo
  • Moscatel Morisco

Vineyard area by country and region (ha)

Main vine varieties by age group - Eurostat
20152020
Italy 14,24114,794
France 7,7647,000
Spain 1,8812,925
Greece 1,6331,703
Austria 8231,174
Portugal 1,1201,109
Hungary 741876
Slovenia 554658
Romania 1,580509

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Muscat a Petits Grains Blancs - Full plant
source : Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY