In theory, white wine can be produced from all grape varieties - including those with red skins. This is because the wine's color primarily comes from the grape skins, which have little contact with the grape juice during white wine production. A white wine made from red grapes is called Blanc de Noir - however, white wine is usually classically made from lighter, yellowish-green grapes. Depending on the grape variety, various pressing and storage methods as well as maceration times are also applied. Additionally, there is a lot of leeway in residual sugar content, making bone-dry white wines just as possible as noble sweet Trockenbeerenauslesen. All in all, white wine is quite an all-rounder with infinite potential.
Well-known white grape varieties include Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris, the Austrian Grüner Veltliner, or the German Silvaner.
