Native Wine Grapes

Useful ampelographic info about native wine grapes in different European Countries. All data has been scraped from https://www.vivc.de with BeautifulSoup library in Python.

Usage

Python version used: 3.12.4

Get native grape counts per country

python native_grapes.py show_count_for_country <put_country_name_here>

Example

python native_grapes.py show_count_for_country armenia

Note: If country name is more than one word, use + to join them. For example, North+Macedonia

Show ancestry tree for a given grape name

python native_grapes.py show_ancestry <put_grape_name_here>

Example

python native_grapes.py show_ancestry abbuoto

Note: If grape name is more than one word, use + to join them. For example, Pinot+Noir

Show general grape data for all countries

python native_grapes.py show_countries_grape_count

Show direct descendants (i.e. no grandchildren or below) of a given grape cultivar

python native_grapes.py show_children <put_grape_name_here>

Example

python native_grapes.py show_children chardonnay

Note: If grape name is more than one word, use + to join them. For example, Pinot+Noir

Postscript

If there is a grape ID in the any output, to see the full link to the grape name, simply insert the ID at the last part of the url and paste in the browser:

For example, the grape ID for Aglianico, an Italian native grape, is 121. Here is the full link:

https://www.vivc.de/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&id=121

Native Grape Resources

International:

Wine Grapes

By Country

• Switzerland
• Italy
• Georgia
  • Georgian Ampelography definitive botanical text
• Armenia