In all of my previous “Who’s Your Daddy” posts, I examined the parentage of one individual grape. Today’s “Who’s Your Daddy” is a bit different in that I’ll be discussing the parentage of, well, all grapes (specifically, all those that are…
On July 3rd, 2013, I had the pleasure of attending an event that represented the renewed partnership between Thomas Jefferson, one of America’s Founding Fathers, and Philip Mazzei, an influential figurehead in both European and American history. This event featured…
A “Who’s Your Daddy” post on a whole other level (the Daddy of Who’s Your Daddy?), today we’re going to talk a little bit about genetics and genetic relatedness of grapes. Understanding the molecular make-up of grapes can be very…
The “Who’s Your Daddy” series takes a very brief look at the parentage of grapes, in order to get a better understanding of where particular varietals come from and how they are genetically related to one another. So far, we’ve…