More chardonnay grapes were crushed across Australia in the past year than any other variety, pushing the country's white grape crush ahead of red for the first time in a decade. Wine Australia's ...
Assyrtiko is bright and fresh. Assyrtiko, sometimes spelled Asyrtiko, is a white-wine grape that originated on the Greek island of Santorini. However, it has since spread to South Africa ...
“Wine is made by converting sweet grape juice into alcohol (and Co2) by a process called fermentation,” explains Anjali. “The two main things that distinguish one wine from another are grape ...
They then sequenced genomes of an additional 3,186 different grapevine varieties obtained from scientific collections, including 2,237 samples from domesticated wine grapes and 949 wild grapes.
Grape growers are in a particularly unique situation. Declining demand for wine and an increase in imported wine means there’s a glut of grapes this year, and it’s so bad there’s a surge in ...