On this week's #MetagenomicsMonday: #aDNA study 🧬traces the roots of French #wine! 🍇 Roman trade, clonal propagation, and even a medieval grape identical to modern #PinotNoir emerge from 4,000 years of #viticulture.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70166-z
#SPAAM #archaeogenomics #archaeobotany #domestication #agriculture
Ancient DNA reveals 4000 years of grapevine diversity, viticulture and clonal propagation in France - Nature Communications

Here, the authors present aDNA from 49 grape pips spanning the Bronze Age to Medieval period in France and surrounding areas. They find evidence of long-distance exchange of domestic varieties through vegetative clones and one Medieval sample that is nearly identical to modern Pinot Noir.

Nature
Polski Pinot nie dowozi.
#wine #pinotnoir #redwine #weekend

Make Your Day Sparkling With @ChampagneTattinger Prestige Rose.
#champagne @pacific_canada @ewinebc @bcliquorstores #pinotNoir

https://mywinepal.com/2026/04/13/make-your-day-sparkling-with-champagne-tattinger-prestige-rose/

If you talk about terroir outside of context of what you find in a wine glass, does anyone really care? On this quandary, and the vivid examples of terroir driven wines I found this past week in West Sonoma Coast’s Freestone Vineyards.

Re https://caparoso.substack.com/p/why-terroir-is-like-a-tree-falling

#pinotnoir #terroir #wineterroir #sommelier #westsonomacoast #freestonewine #freestone #chardonnay #winewriting #winejournalist

Why terroir is like a tree falling in a forest

If you talk about terroir outside of context of what you find in a glass, does anyone really care?

The Wine Clarion by Randy Caparoso

We’ve Been Cloning Pinot Noir Grapes for Over 600 Years, and the Proof is in a Medieval Toilet

Pinot noir grapes growing near the village of Bué, France. Image via Wiki Commons. Few things have remained unchanged since the 15th century, but this grape …
#wine #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #francais #france #French #frenchwine #Genetic #Grape #medieval #PinotNoir #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2572219/weve-been-cloning-pinot-noir-grapes-for-over-600-years-and-the-proof-is-in-a-medieval-toilet/

We’ve Been Cloning Pinot Noir Grapes for Over 600 Years, and the Proof is in a Medieval Toilet

Pinot noir grapes growing near the village of Bué, France. Image via Wiki Commons. Few things have remained unchanged since the 15th c…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #francais #france #French #frenchwine #Genetic #Grape #medieval #PinotNoir #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2572219/weve-been-cloning-pinot-noir-grapes-for-over-600-years-and-the-proof-is-in-a-medieval-toilet/

Unkel Atlas 2023 aus Neuseeland ist für mich der perfekte Pinot Noir: saftige rote Frucht, wenig Ausbau-Makeup, viel Trinkfluss und Crunch statt Vanille.

Mehr dazu im Blog: : https://www.einfreun.de/allgemein/unkel-atlas-2023/

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Unkel – Atlas 2023

Pinot Noir, wie man ihn sich nachts um drei herbeiwünscht: Atlas 2023 von Unkel aus Neuseeland ist filigran und komplex, zugleich dezent und vollmundig, mit diesem leisen, aber enorm druckvollen Au…

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