Forastera (Spanish grape)

Forastera is a white Spanish wine grape variety that is primarily grown in the Canary Islands.

While it may have historically been used in sack production, now it is mostly a minor blending grape permitted in the Denominaciones de Origens (DOs) of the Canary Islands.

[1] In the early 21st century, DNA analysis confirmed that the Forastera grape of the Canary Islands was a completely different, and distinct variety with no close genetic relationship to the Italian Forastera grape growing on the islands of Ischia and Procida off the coast of Naples in Campania.

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