Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DREGS (Deciphering archaeological Residues to understand the history of European Grape cultivation and winemaking Societies)

The actions of horticulturalists in Western Asia some 8000 years ago transformed a wild plant bearing small, acidic berries into the domesticated grapevine (Vitis vinifera), changing the course of history in ways early farmers could never have foreseen. Today the grapevine is...