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    Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains

    Vitis vinifera L.

    The small-berried white Muscat, probably Greek, with 370 synonyms in the variety catalogue.

    VIVC
    № 81931
    Berry skin
    white (blanc)1
    Origin
    Greece1
    Synonyms in VIVC
    3701
    central lobepetiolar sinuslobes: 3cluster

    No parents confirmed by DNA (VIVC).

    vinoluma engraving: schematic leaf after the description (3 lobes).

    Where Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains comes from and grows

    1. Origin (VIVC)Greece
    2. Atlas regionAlsace
    3. Atlas regionCrimea

    Country of origin as given by VIVC. Regions are those where the atlas sources mention the variety; not a complete list of where it grows.

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    A grape of many names

    VIVC records Muscat à Petits Grains Blancs with Greece as its country of origin and 370 synonyms.1 plantGrape also says it is probably of Greek origin.2 VIVC lists no parents confirmed by markers.1

    Its adult leaves have three or five lobes.2 It is sensitive to powdery mildew, grey rot and hymenoptera such as wasps.2

    In France

    French plantings rose from 2,297 hectares in 1958 to 7,540 hectares in 2018.2 In Alsace it may be labelled simply as Muscat and is one of the varieties allowed for Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles.3

    Other names

    Examples of synonyms recorded in VIVC: Ag Muskat, Aleatico Di Cesena, Anatholican Moschaton, Apiana, Bala Dinka.1

    Around the world

    In 2023 it covered 36,052 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 23 of 1497 varieties in the database.4

    The largest area is in Italy: 14,791 ha (41% of the world total), across 32 countries.4

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 20%.4

    1. Italy14,791 ha
    2. France6,739 ha
    3. Spain2,944 ha
    4. Romania1,748 ha
    5. Greece1,688 ha
    6. Austria1,528 ha
    7. Australia1,035 ha
    8. Portugal913 ha
    9. Hungary834 ha
    10. South Africa761 ha
    11. Slovenia664 ha
    12. North Macedonia381 ha

    Area, 2023

    30,10531,25933,79436,0522000201020162023

    Regions

    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 8193. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI), accessed 2026-10-14. level 2 · checked 2026-10-13
    2. Muscat à petits grains blancs B. plantGrape (IFV / INRAE / Institut Agro), accessed 2026-10-14. level 2 · checked 2026-10-13
    3. Cahier des charges de l'AOC « Alsace » ou « Vin d'Alsace » (draft modification, CNAOV 11-12 June 2025; national opposition procedure). INAO, 2025. level 1 · checked 2026-10-13
    4. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3 · checked 2026-10-13