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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Who calls green grapes white..?

Never heard that happen

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago*

    two examples: white wine, white grape juice. both are very common. seems to refer to the juice color, not the color of the grape skins.

    when they're made into raisins, they're called golden raisins. so "white" isn't even the only one.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (7 children)

    Might be different in other languages, but English usually divides grapes into red and white for color.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    That's only because the wine is whitish. Nobody calls the grapes themselves white. And she squeeze the juice out the juice isn't the same color as the skin. I've never heard anyone refer a grapes as white grapes

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Which part of the world are you from? I'm in Canada, and we call them green grapes and red grapes

    https://www.safeway.com/shop/aisles/fruits-vegetables/fresh-fruits/grapes.html?sort=&page=1&loc=3132

    Meanwhile Wikipedia notes '"Black" (dark blue) and "white" (light green) table grapes'

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    US. When I go to my local grocery store, they're categorized under white or red.

    At least for white, that is indeed how the English Wikipedia classifies different grape cultivars, even ones that aren't intended to make wine. Black is new to me though.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(grape)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almeria_(grape)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_(grape)

    Might just be that my grocery store is real local and they do it differently. I try to avoid large chains. But I've always understood white and red to be the technical classifiers of grapes, and the actual color you see with your eyes varies.

    I'm also from a wine-producing region, so maybe that has something to do with it as well.

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