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    Fernão Pires

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Fernão Pires is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Portugal.2

    In 2023 it covered 12,331 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 62 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Portugal.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 13%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Malvasia Fina × unknown, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 11 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Portugal2
    Area, 2023
    12,331 ha2
    World rank
    62 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 41001
    parentMalvasia Fina
    parentunknown
    Fernão Pires

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Portugal12,331 ha

    Area, 2023

    14,2069,47412,21112,3312000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Fernão Pires grows

    1. OriginPortugal
    2. AreaPortugal

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    Other names

    Fernao Pires · Fernao Pires Rosado · Fernão Pires / Maria Gomes · Molinha · Camarate · Fernan Piriz · Fernao Pirao · Fernao Pires De Beco · Fernao Pires Do Beco · Gaeiro · Gaieiro · Maria Gomes · Molinho · Torrontes

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

    Other varieties from Portugal

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 4100. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3