Ancient DNA from Roman and Medieval Grape Seeds Reveal Ancestry of Wine Making

A classmate of mine (alas, now deceased) got into homebrewing back when he and his wife were first living in one of the severely vintage houses in a rural area near here. The basement looked like a Roman ruin built out of rubble stolen from a Greek ruin, it was ideal. He also liked making (and drinking) mead. :^)

My grandmother was a botany profesor in the 1920s.

My mother was a chemistry major.

I suppose what is noteworthy, is that it is noteworthy today.

Do they have a smartphone app for this “breakthrough” knowledge?

Seriously these vintners’ llivelihood depends on maintaining the “institutional” competence of their industry.

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