Grape seed oil represents a promising plant fat. Astonishingly nothing is yet known about the volatile composition, the TAGs and the antioxidant capacity of this oil type. As it seems to be worthwhile to investigate these parameters within the scope of fundamental research and with regard to quality assurance, the aim of the presented study was to characterize different grape oil types (refined and unrefined) in terms of volatile compounds (by using HS-SPME-GC–MS), triacylglycerols (using TAG profiling) and their total phenol content and antioxidant capacity