UK Wine Show 211 Professor Chris Howe on the parentage of Chardonnay

This show was published 11 June 2010

Overview

Chris catches up with Chris Howe, professor of plant and microbial biochemistry at Cambridge University and the man who discovered the parentage of the Chardonnay grape. Chardonnay's female parent is Gouais Blanc and the father was Pinot Noir but this cross gave way to many other cultivars. Chris Howe also tell us about plant chemistry and describes how the vine uses mitochondria and chloroplast to create energy.

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The music used for the UK Wine Show is Griffes de Jingle 1 by Marcel de la Jartèle and Silence by Etoile Noire.