How many Italian varieties have you tasted?

There's that club where you list all the grape varieties you've tried, from all around the world.  What's it called?

Whatever. 

I sometimes think I've tasted 100 Italian varieties alone.  It's hard to list them from memory, but I wonder if I can recover at least a good portion of them.  And what others can YOU add to the list?

Lemme see...

These are in no special order, just as they pop into my mind.  Add to my list, please!

Aglianico -- numerous distinctive clones
Casavecchia
Coda di Volpe
Pallagrello nero
Pallagrello rosso
Aleatico
Greco di Tufo
Fiano
Falanghina
Primitivo

Malvasia -- sorry, can't break it down more than that

Grillo

Cataratto

Gaglioppo

Nero d'Avola

Cesanese

Sangiovese -- so many clones, notably Brunello, Prugnolo

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Trebbiano

Pigato

Lambrusco

Verdicchio

Vermentino

Verduzzo

Bovale

Monica

Nieredda

Mayolet

Nebbiolo

Arneis

Roero

Freisa

Moscato -- I give up, too many versions and clones to isolate

Kerner

Garganega

Corvina

Corvinone

Rondinella

Molinara

Casetta/Foja Tonda

Foglia Tonda -- Tuscany

Ribolla gialla

Refosco

Ansonica

Biancolella

Nerello

Negroamaro

Barbera

Bombino bianco

Bonarda

Brachetto

Nosiola

Riesling italico

Pecorino

Cannonau

Colorino

Canaiolo

Picolit

Piedirosso

Pignoletto

Prosecco

Pinot bianco

Pinot nero

Schiava

Dolcetto

Sauvigonasse

Sagrantino

Schioppettino

Grechetto

Grignolino

Inzolia

Traminer

Gewurtztraminer

Lagrein

Uva Rara

Uva di Troia

Vespolina

Magliocco

Marzemino

Cabernet sauvignon

Merlot

Chardonnay

Syrah

Viognier

Vernaccia

That's 85.  I'm sure I'm forgetting some that I've had. 

Comments

[TH]

I came up with 4 more while I was debating whether to get up or not.

1. Rossese
2. Sylvaner
3. Muller-Thurgau
4. Pinot grigio (how could I have forgotten?!)

So I'm at 89 -- ones I've actually tasted. I think I'm on a quest now...

[TH]

Teroldego!

Frappato!

OK, there's #91.

Can you think of anything else?

[michele colline]

Albana, cornalin, fumin, petite arvine, petite rouge, prie blanc, favorita, centesimino, and ciliegiolo....100!

[TH]

Michele, non sono certo d'aver mai assaggiato questi...ma possibile aggiungere Zibibbo, #92.

Ciliegiolo, si. #93. Fumin? Credo ma assolutamente non sono certo! Non aggiungo alla lista.

Grazie per l'aide-memoire, buona Pasquetta!

[Marco]

nerello mascacalese
nerello cappuccino

[Marco]

it's not "caca" i screwed up

[M.Uva]

Marco, I'm guessing the Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappucio come from Palari Faro, so where's the Nocera?!?! (that's 3)

[Doug Cook]

Hmmm. A couple more wacky ones:

Carricante
Cagnulari
Timorasso
Erbaluce
Torbato
Ruché
Nuragus

(As an aside, the 100-wines thing, were you thinking of the Wine Century Club?)...

[TH]

Carricanti, Ruche, Erbaluce! Yes! Thanks!

Not sure about Timorasso but I will claim nothing without a specific recollection.

Si, the WCC.

Hey, thanks to you commenters, I've nearly hit 100!

After that, forget about keeping track.

[AC]

I had Uva Longanesi last week from Emilia- Romagna ( Drei Dona winery)

and had Timorasso at the TB tasting in SF

[Dr. Debs]

Jeez, I'm in the bush leagues on this one. Was all excited to contribute Ruche, but Doug beat me to it.

[TH]

Aww, Debs, I just thank you for CARING.

Actually, I got some very good help from the comments, so I'm thrilled skinny, as they'd say in the Oulde Sod.

[borntowine]

carmenere? casetta foja tonda? oseletta?
ciao terry, a presto.

[Marco]

No something more reasonable, that is until one tries to obtain it again with the dollar sucking toads.
http://www.jgwines.com/Factsheets/sciliophiale2000.html

[TH]

These audience participation posts always do so well. Lots of comments. These were pretty constructive, folks, and thanks.

Two meta-comments (comments on comments, sometimes on top of comments)...

AC, show-off! I can't win against you.

Marco, what the...??

[Scott Luetgenau]

didn't see Asprinio or Massaretta. Still chuckling about the pumpkinhead reference btw...

[Doug Cook]

If you're not sure you've tried a Timorasso, you really must! Piemonte finally has claim to a fine white variety (Yes, I know, there are others that are good, but a couple of Timorassos I've had take the cake). Walter Massa gets the claim to having resurrected the variety from extinction, and his "Derthona" is lovely (I often prefer it to his higher-end wine, "Costa del Vento.") and Claudio Mariotto makes a nice rendition as well. Both better after a couple years in bottle, they start to pick up a real minerality (almost a Riesling-y petrol thing). Yum yum. I'd try to post a link to the query "Timorasso" on Able Grape, but I imagine that won't work with spam prevention n'all.

[TH]

Doug, I may well have tried a Timorasso...and a few of the others that were suggested by my loyal fans. But if I can't clearly recall the context or occasion, then I must doubt my deceiving memory.

It sounds like a good variety, and God knows Piemmonte could stand a good white wine or two

Grazie.

[alex]

Terry,
you should add:
- fortana (from Ferrara, Aristide's region)
- frejsa of pedmont
- pignatello
I've found the following site, if it might be of help:
http://www.vinoinrete.it/sommelier/_vitigni.html

[alex]

Ops,
Frejsa was already included...
Pignatello is also know als Perricone.
bye

[Marco]

I can't afford the Palari Faro @$65 a pop. The Phiale is about $17 and has no Nocera. With the Euro being the currency of choice, I will never see it at that price again.

[michele colline]

Grecanico, albarola, bosco, o forse pollera nera? Finito....credo che longanesi e centesimino siano uguali. Vero?

[David McDuff]

I was going to add Croatina but I suppose that's already covered by Bonarda.

Here are a few more:

Negrara
Riesling Renano (technically, not Italian...)
Mammolo
Cortese

[Ronald]

what about rebo, alberosa, schiave, carmenere, the contorversial 'tocai friulano' and moscato giallo?

[David J]

Hullo, Mr.T--
Montonico or Mantonico? Only tried a peculiar dessert version made by Randall Grahm...
Carignano-- del Sulcis seeming to be a particularly distinguished mutation/clone so that it was exempted from the dissing the grape got from Jancis Robinson in her little grape guide a few years back...
Also, thought 'Roero' was the DOC for the best Arneis town in Piemonte?
Tanti baci, djr