900-year-old grape pips reveal unbroken history of French wine variety
by Nicola Davis from Science | The Guardian on (#4GWAQ)
DNA testing shows 900-year-old savagnin blanc vines identical to modern plants
Today's drinkers might have more in common with medieval boozers than simply a hangover: research suggests they could be quaffing wine made from identical grapes.
Grapevines are often grown from cuttings of existing plants or by techniques such as grafting, rather than being planted from seeds, since this offers far greater consistency when it comes to the grapes.
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