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    Menu Pineau

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Menu Pineau is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 149 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 512 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

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

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 61%.2

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

    VIVC records 13 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    France2
    Area, 2023
    149 ha2
    World rank
    512 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 5621
    parentunknown
    parentHeunisch Weiss
    Menu Pineau

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. France149 ha

    Area, 2023

    3802051971492000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Menu Pineau grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance

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    Other names

    Orbois · Orbois B · Arbois · Blanc Berdet · Blanc Verdet · Herbois · Menu · Menu Pineau · Menu Pineau De Vouvray · Orboe · Orboue · Petit Pineau · Pinot Verdet

    Parents

    Other varieties from France

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 562. 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