[2] In France, it was traditionally grown in the Charentes and Gascony for distilling into Cognac and Armagnac respectively.

Old vine grapes are crushed by some northern Californian producers and made into a fruity white wine of interesting character in both dry and sweet versions.

This grape is mainly grown in California to provide backbone, due to its natural acidic character, for white "jug wine" blends.

Additionally, it is widely grown in South Africa, where it is known as Colombar,[3] and to a lesser extent in Australia and Israel.

Colombard is also known under the synonyms Bardero, Blanc Emery, Blanquette, Bon blanc, Chabrier vert, Charbrier vert, Colombar, Colombard bijeli, Colombeau, Colombie, Colombier, Coulombier, Cubzadais, Donne rousse, Donne verte, French Colombard, Gros Blanc Doux, Gros Blanc Roux, Guenille, Kolombar, Martin Cot, Pied Tendre, Quene Tendre, Quene vert, Queue Tendre, Queue verte, and West's White Prolific.