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A DNA discovery connecting Türkiye and Hungary over three centuries
This morning at Wine Paris, Dr José Vouillamoz and Seyit Karagözoğlu of Paşaeli Winery made a surprising announcement. Kolorko, a rare Turkish grape, has been discovered to be genetically the...
José Vouillamoz
Monday 9 February 2026
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WWC23 – Hanneli Smit, by Cerina van Niekerk
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Saturday 19 August 2023
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Rescuing Sicily's ancient grape varieties
Walter Speller
Monday 11 September 2017
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times in 2009. 9 May 2014 -...
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Müller-Thurgau, the most widely planted deliberate vine crossing in the world, developed in 1882, has for long had a rather...
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Botanist José Vouillamoz, pictured here, a native of French-speaking Switzerland who spent some time with Carole Meredith at Davis, is...
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There have been some significant new developments in the saga of the Australian ‘Albariño’ that isn’t.
Firstly, New Zealand’s leading...
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23 Apr – See update from Australia's leading producer of this variety below.
The CSIRO, Australia's plant research institute, has...
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Written by Dr José Vouillamoz. Merlot is a natural progeny of Cabernet Franc and a previously unknown red grape named...
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In a world first, scientists at The Australian Wine Research Institute have cracked the genetic code of a wine yeast...
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On Saturday 8 December Dr José Vouillamoz presented his latest, ground-breaking DNA research findings on the origins of rare alpine...
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