Wine’s Hidden Family Tree: Grape DNA Detective José Vouillamoz on Where Your Wine Really Comes From

Podcast: The Vintage Passport · Noah Tetzner

Opublikowano: 2026-10-09

Where does your wine really come from? Swiss botanist and grape geneticist Dr. José Vouillamoz, co-author of the James Beard Award–winning Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, joins host Noah Tetzner to explain how DNA profiling reveals the hidden family trees behind the grapes in your glass. José explains in plain English how scientists identify a grape's parents, including the discovery that Cabernet Sauvignon is the offspring of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. He shares why every traditional grape variety began as a chance seedling in someone's vineyard, how his research with the late arch...