Tag: wine
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Field Museum: Sixty-million-year-old grape seeds reveal how the death of the dinosaurs may have paved the way for grapes to spread
Lithouva – the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia. Top figure shows fossil accompanied with CT scan reconstruction. Bottom shows artist reconstruction. Photos by Fabiany Herrera, art by Pollyanna von Knorring. The Field Museum scientists have been busy… first a giant salamander-like creature and now finely aged wine,…
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NY Times: Wine From Prehistoric Georgia With an 8,000-Year-Old Vintage
The NY Times has a story about the discovery of 8000 year old wine. Looking for some vintage wine for the holidays? Well, researchers in Georgia have found wine that dates back to about 6000 BC. Too bad… or maybe too good, it’s just wine residue. The find was described in a paper published in…
