This white grape variety comes from Portugal. The name means "sour grape". Synonyms are Arinto de Alcobaça, Barrado das Moscas, Bical de Bairrada, Borrado das Moscas, Fernão Pires Galego, Pedro, Pintado das Moscas, Pintado dos Pardais and Torrontés. According to DNA analyses carried out most recently in 2018, it comes from a presumably natural...
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