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Showing posts with label Vitis vinifera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vitis vinifera. Show all posts
Monday, September 18, 2023

Iran: A vitis vinifera conquest on its journey to the Far East

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Dong, et al ., reports on a dispersal of the vitis vinifera CG1 cultivar in four directions from its domestication point in western Asia, a...
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

The spread of vitis vinifera in Western Eurasia

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Dong, et al ., shocked the wine world by providing genetic evidence of two separate, simultaneous domestications of vitis sylvestris,  one i...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

The domestication of vitis vinifera: The physical environment

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According to Dong, et al ., t wo variants of the wild grape vitis sylvestris were simultaneously domesticated in the Caucasus and Western A...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Grapevine domestication: A tale of two centers and selected traits

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Dong, et al ., (Dual domestications and origin of traits in grapevine evolution, Science, 3/3/23) have postulated, based on their study resu...
Monday, May 15, 2023

The case for dual domestication of vitis vinifera, as per Dong, et al.

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The recent Dong, et al ., study has upended the conventional wisdom of a single-point  vitis vinifera  domestication somewhere in the Caucas...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The ancient roots of viniculture

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From its origins in the Near East, vinification had diffused to Egypt and Lower Mesopotamia by 3500 - 3000 BC and to Crete by 2200 BC.  From...
Monday, April 16, 2012

The origin of wine: The when and where

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In my previous post on the origin of wine I noted the scientific consensus that the vitis vinifera that is used in the production of 99.9%...
Friday, April 13, 2012

The origin of wine: The grape story

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The origin of wine is shrouded in the mists of time, legend, religion, and myth but this reality should not dissuade us from peering through...