In a medieval cesspit in central France, archaeologists dug up a small, hard grape seed. They believed it to be 900 years old, based on the artifacts found nearby. When geneticists crushed up the ...

The domestication of grapevine was a slow process in Italy, according to the study. (Jill Wellington/Pexels via Courthouse News) (CN) — Italian wine is prominent in the world of grape cultivation, but ...

June 10 (UPI) --Scientists have traced the genetic origins of a popular grape variety, still used in French wines today, back 900 years to a single ancestral plant. Deploying methods similar to those ...

Grapes tend to be a simple and easy snack where not much thought or preparation needs to be given. At the University of Nevada, Reno, though, researchers have given much thought to grapes, in ...

A grape variety still used in wine production in France today can be traced back 900 years to just one ancestral plant, scientists have discovered. A grape variety still used in wine production in ...

Like grape skins, grape seeds don’t make it into the wine bottle, so they’re an abundant byproduct of winemaking. They’re often crushed to make grape seed oil and, especially in recent years, grape ...