Synonym (also Tchaouch, Tsaoussi) for the Turkish grape variety Çavuş; see there.
The white grape variety originates from Turkey. Synonyms grouped by country are Chaouch Blanc, Panse de Constantinople, Parc de Versailles (France); Tsaousi, Tsaoussi (Greece); Roseti (Italy); Caus Bijeli (Croatia); Ceaus Alb, Turceasca (Romania); Tchaouch (Russia); Caus Beli (Serbia); Damascenka (Slovakia, Czech Republic); Fehér Tökszölö (Hungary). The synonym Tsaoussi, used in Greece, causes confusion. Because, confusingly, there is also a "real"...
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