The white grape variety originates from Greece. Synonyms are Tourcopoula, Turko Paula and Turko Paulo. Wine Grapes describes it as identical to the Roditis Kokkinos variety. However, Tourcopoula differs morphologically from this variety; it is listed as a separate variety in the VIVC catalogue. It is suitable for pressing and table grape In 2016, no stocks were reported under the name Tourkopoula (Kym Anderson).
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