The American scientist Dr Carole P. Meredith had been working at the University of California in Davis since 1980. She taught there as a professor of viticulture and cellar management and was intensively involved in ampelographic tasks. From the mid-1990s, she worked very successfully on determining the origin of grape varieties using DNA analyses. This involved close collaboration with the French research institute in Montpellier, in particular with the Swiss ampelographer Jean-Michel Boursiquot.
Among other things, the parentage of the varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Charbono, Chardonnay, Durif, Gamay, Merlot, Merlot Blanc, Plavac Mali, Syrah and Zinfandel (or that the latter is identical to the Italian variety Primitivo and the Croatian variety Tribidrag ), as well as over 20 crosses of Gouais Blanc x Pinot, was clarified.
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