If you’re reading this column, you surely know the names of the famous wine grapes Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and so on. Soon, you’re going to have to learn new ones. All the vines mentioned above belong to the European grapevine species, Vitis vinifera, whereas the (relative) newcomer vines to which I refer are hybrids of vinifera varieties and members of other species of the Vitis genus.
Grape breeders have been experimenting with crossing and hybridising vines for at…
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