Sunday, January 23, 2011

Wine family tree revealed

FROM Riesling to Merlot, wine grapes from around the world are more closely related than expected, says the largest study so far to produce a family tree of grapes. The tree, above, also reveals that in 6000 years of domestication, breeders have left a vast swathe of possible varieties unexplored.

Read all about it at New Scientist
Via Holy Kaw

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