This colossal trawl makes it the perfect complement to last year's publication of Wine Grapes by the doughty Robinson, Harding and Vouillamoz. "This new database charts exactly what varieties are ...

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.

It has long been suspected that some grape varieties used in modern wine are identical to plants grown hundreds of years ago. JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Vin jaune is made from late harvest Savagnin ...