Semillion the Varietal Grape
Semillion the Varietal GrapeAuthor: Sarah MartinThis is a varietal grape that is grown all over the world. It has been a very popular cash crop in both Australia and South Africa for over a century. It was once known as the most popular wine grape in the world.
It was grown everywhere and it was drunk as a single variety or as a varietal component in all kinds of different wine blends. It is used to be called the "industrial grape" because it was used in so many different things from sparkling wines to port to ice wines. In the early part of the last century, the Semillon used to cover ninety percent of the South African vineyards and over 75% of the vineyards in Chile. It is no longer that popular and in both countries the production of this so called "industrial" grape is down to less than 1%. Chile is the largest producer of the Semillon in the world today even though the crop has dropped 74% in the last century, due to the popularity of other varietals such as Roussanne (http://www.wineaccess.com/wine/grape/Roussanne/). Part of the reason for the drop is that wine growers began to regulate it as it was choking out other kinds of vines. Heritage grapes were being lost so many of the vines were pulled up by the mid-century of the 1900s so that the Semillion grape variety would not take over vineyards entirely.
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