| CHENINBLANC | Grape variety used to make Vouvray and Saumur wines |
| RIESLING | White grape variety used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling white wines (8) |
| TEMPRANILLO | Spanish grape variety used to make full-bodied red wines |
| MUSCAT | Grape variety used to make Asti Spumante |
| GAMAY | Purple grape variety used to make dry red wine, especially in Beaujolais (5) |
| SERCIAL | Grape variety used to make the driest Madeira wine (7) |
| CEPAGE | French term for the grape variety used to make a particular wine (6) |
| BASIL | Aromatic herb with a Mediterranean variety used to make pesto or to garnish Caprese salad and a Thai variety used to flavour green or red curries (5) |
| XIMENEZ | Pedro ___, white Spanish grape variety used to produce sherry (7) |
| MERLOT | Variety used to make Bordeaux wine |
| DURUM | Wheat variety used to make pasta (5) |
| PINOTBLANC | White wine grape variety used in California to make wines resembling Chablis (5,5) |
| WEAN | A new variety used to get child off its mother's milk |
| PINOTNOIR | Chief red grape variety used in champagne production, native to France's Burgundy region (5,4) |
| MALBEC | Purple grape variety used in making red wine (6) |
| PINOT | Grape variety used for wine (5) |
| TARRANGO | A red grape variety used in Australian wine production, principally in northern Victoria |
| KEYLIMES | Citrus fruits of an aromatic variety used to flavour a lemon meringue pie-like pudding (3,5) |
| LOIRE | River of Saumur and Tours |
| CAVALIERLY | Superciliously produced sparkling wine from lounge run by trainee close to Vouvray (10) |
