Scientists get to the root of ancient case of sour grapes
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 14:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that a lowly grape variety grown by peasants - but despised by noblemen - during the Middle Ages was the mother of many of today`s greatest grape varieties, including the Chardonnay used in Champagne.