The white grape variety comes from Portugal. Synonyms are Dourada, Rutherglen Pedro (Australia); Assario, Carcavelos, Dourada, Dourado, Galego, Gallego, Moscato Galego Dourado, Olho de Lebre (Portugal); False Pedro, Pedro Luis (South Africa). In South Africa, it was erroneously introduced as Pedro Ximénez, which is the reason for the synonym False Pedro....
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