🍇 Petite Arvine
White wine grape from Switzerland; 17 synonyms in VIVC.
Petite Arvine is a white wine grape from Switzerland. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Arvine Petite, and the name Petite Arvine is among its synonyms.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 154 ha in Switzerland (2009) and 28 ha in Italy (1982). Samples of the variety are kept in 12 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 17 synonyms for it, among them Arvena, Arvina and Avena, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Petite Arvine → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Swiss wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Valais, 📍 Aosta Valley, 📜 Sion, 📜 Conthey, 📜 Fully
- Main grape in
- 📍 Aosta Valley
- Related to
- 🍷 Rebàn Pas Dosé, 🍷 Petite Arvine Fleur, 🍷 Les Crêtes Petite Arvine
Frequently asked questions
Where does Petite Arvine come from?
According to VIVC, from Switzerland.
What are the parents of Petite Arvine?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Petite Arvine known?
VIVC lists 17 synonyms for it, among them Arvena, Arvina and Avena, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Swiss wine — The wine of Switzerland: 14,431 ha of vineyards (2025), 55% red grapes; the leaders are Pinot noir and Chasselas.
- 📍 Aosta Valley — The Alpine valley of the Dora Baltea in north-west Italy; a single DOC with 7 sub-zones and 19 varietal wines.
- 🍷 Rebàn Pas Dosé — Rebàn Pas Dosé: sparkling wine by Les Crêtes from Aymavilles in the Aosta Valley; Vino Spumante di Qualità.
- 📍 Valais — Switzerland's largest wine canton, on the upper Rhône: 4,578 ha, almost a third of the country's vineyards (2025).
- 🍷 Petite Arvine Fleur — Petite Arvine Fleur: white wine by Les Crêtes from Aymavilles in the Aosta Valley; Valle d’Aosta DOC Petite Arvine.
Similar
🍇 Cornalin · 🍇 Himbertscha · 🍇 Durize · 🍇 Rèze · 🍇 Goron de Bovernier · 🍇 Amigne
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Arvine Petite
- VIVC: area statistics ARVINE PETITE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata