White wine grape · Vitis vinifera
A white wine grape from the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula, called Alvarinho in Portugal.
Plantgrape registers this variety in France as Alvarinho, originally from the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula. UC Davis FPS independently records Albariño with Portugal/Spain as countries of origin and Alvarinho as its TTB-approved alternative name.
Plantgrape describes moderate vigor with a horizontal bearing requiring careful trellising, low productivity, long pruning, and adaptation to acidic, granitic and sandy soils. These are attributed observations, not a site prescription.
Plantgrape notes Alvarinho is not very susceptible to grey rot. That is a reference observation, not disease-management advice.
Reference review · November 9, 2026
INRAE / IFV cultivar reference. Vine-trait observations belong to this reference's context; they are not universal planting or irrigation recommendations.
Independent institutional variety record used to cross-check cultivar identity and naming. It does not independently validate every agronomic observation in Plantgrape.
Cultivar descriptions are source-attributed reference material, not site prescriptions. No numeric soil-moisture threshold, disease diagnosis, regional suitability guarantee or GroundWorx performance claim is established here.