TRENTO - Italian scientists have uncovered the 'life code' of the pinot noir grape plant, a breakthrough destined to change the future of wine-making.
On Monday experts from the San Michele all'Adige Agrarian Institute presented the results of six years of research, in which they decoded the plant's genome - the complex? molecular chains that constitute each organism's unique genetic heritage.
The institute says the development will make it possible to create new, more resistant grape plants that can produce superior wines.
"Today's event is agriculture's equivalent of the first moonwalk," said Riccardo Velasco, the head of the team that decoded the DNA sequences, at Monday's press conference.
"Agriculture will never be the same again".
A classic Italian sweeping statement if I ever heard one. It will at least hold true in the wine industry, I imagine. Good for the consumer.
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