Cabernet Sauvignon and DNA
"Who's your daddy?" - that's the question wine makers in Bordeaux have been asking for 2000 years. Thanks to an American geneticist, we now know. And the answer surprised everyone
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1Today Carole Meredith has a gorgeous, small 4.3-acre vineyard on a hillside along the Napa Valley. Along with her husband Steve she grows Syrah, Zinfandel, Malbec and Mondeuse. One grape they don't grow is Cabernet Sauvignon. It's not really suited to the terroir. Yet Carole Meredith probably knows more about Cabernet Sauvignon than anyone else in the w…
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