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Beyond vinifera
All the vines mentioned above belong to the European grapevine species, Vitis vinifera. But the (relative) newcomer vines to ...
As the name suggests, hybrid grapes are the combination of two or more vitis vinifera varietals. Vitis vinifera are the grapes that we have come to understand as “wine,” from Pinot Grigio to ...
Although some researchers have identified peptides through multiple methods, as in Arabidopsis and maize, the biological functions of most non-conventional peptides (NCPs) remain to be demonstrated.
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is a major economic crop species with world production approaching 70 million tonnes and a harvest area of over seven million hectares. It is cultivated for table ...
As global temperatures rise, some regions considered cold now might be able to easily grow Vinis vinifera grape vines, which produce some of the most renowned wines in the world. Pinot noir ...
a European Vitis vinifera vine. The hybrid thus obtained was baptised with the unimaginable name “41B”. Even today, 140 years later, producers use rootstock 41B all over France, not least in ...
The early attempts were not successful. The grape that human beings have used for millennia to make wine is the species Vitis vinifera, which evolved in Europe and the Caucasus area of Asia.
“There are over 5,000 varieties of vitis vinifera and for thousands of years, they have been harvested for medicinal, nutritional and ceremonial value,” April Gargiulo, founder of Vintner’s ...