Information provided in great part by the Greek Vitis Database
Photographs are from the Greek Vitis Database site, some of these from
Haroula Spiranthopou's Wine Producing Varieties of the Greek Vineyard
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Name: |
Tsaousi | ||
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White | ||
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Synonyms, transliterations and transliterated synonyms |
Tsaousis, Tsaousia, Tsaousiko, Tsavro, Tsaouski, Tsiasous, Tsaous Ouzoumi, Aspro, Panse de Constantinople, Chaouch, Tchavouch, Gavus | ||
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Epirus, Makedonia, Thraki, Crete | ||
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Notes |
Transmitted to Turkey (region of Istanbul and the Black sea costs) from the red Sea or North Africa. Clones : Chaouch rose, Misket Chaouch. According to Vlachos: transmitted from Egypt to Syria, greece, Minor Asia and Thrace. Can also be found in Russia, Caucas+J33us, Bulgaria and Algeria | ||
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