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Pinot noir grapes have more genes than humans, scientists say.
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MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_re_eu/france_grape_genome By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 33 minutes ago PARIS - Critics who praise the "complexity" of red Burgundy and Champagne are on target. ADVERTISEMENT A team of French and Italian researchers has mapped the genome of the pinot noir grape, used to make bubbly and many red wines from France's Burgundy region and around the world  and it has about 30,000 genes in its DNA. That's more than the human genome, which contains some 20,000 to 25,000 genes. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
So that's why they're chock full of flavorliciousness. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Times like this I wish I still drank!!! :( :) "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
What about Pinot Grigio from Friuli? Tullio |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
I don't know tullio, Maybe you can find something on that in the article below. I have not had the honor of drinking many fine wines. Perhaps in my future, when old and grey, I will put my drinking shoes back on. Perhaps I will not reach that golden age. :D "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I don't know tullio, I am 72 and have been drinking wine all my life. They say red wine is better for your arteries but still I drink Pinot, Tocai and Sauvignon from Friuli. But I never tasted Picolit, it is too expensive. Cheers. Tullio |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
I don't know tullio, Perhaps it is a marketing ploy, I notice many ancient religious paintings feature people with grapes the size of bowling balls. Some being stolen from the giants who are recorded in the Bible. All through the Bible and into ancient Greece, they have been revered. Maybe there is something to it. :) . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
I don't know tullio, I'll be looking for you in Valhalla......... Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I don't know tullio, No, they serve only beer! |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
I don't know tullio, Back to genetics--Do you know that we humans may have a 40% match of DNA with certain weeds--it shows how life had a common ancestry--all forms of life. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
I don't know tullio, Back to wine: I am now poor so the wife and I are drinking some very nice Australian wines-Try the Alice White Chardonnay--Even here in Tennessee (high sin taxes) it can sell for as little as 7.99 per 1.5 liter. It drinks very well while you are preparing dinner on a nice autumn afternoon--goes well with fish, rissotto, chicken Marsala and some great crab cakes or King crab.--Enjoy |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I don't know tullio, It is cheaper than my Vini del Collio whites (about 8 euros for a bottle which is half of yours in capacity). But the money is well spent. For non Italians, Collio is a foothill region in NE Italy, with excellent wines. Tullio |
zhangfh54 Send message Joined: 1 Oct 07 Posts: 1 Credit: 6,717 RAC: 0 |
Funny, people care more about the wine. Maybe that's because they can feel the wine personally. When you sit in a chair by a river in a golden autumn dusk, wind kisses the face, kids play not far away, a red wine in a table before you, who will notice the genes. :) |
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