Researchers Reveal Hidden Roots of the Rhône's Great Grape

Syrah descended from two obscure French varieties

By Lynn Alley

The proud parents? Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche. Their offspring? Syrah, one of the stars of today's global wine industry, appearing in the great reds of France's Northern Rhône Valley, in Australia under.....

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