These are exciting times for wine lovers. Joel Peterson, the Godfather of Zinfandel, joins Vasant Dhar in episode 38 of Brave New World to raise a toast to the innovators who continue to transform the world of wine. Useful resources: 1. Once and Future Wine and Ravenswood. 2. Zinfandel on Wikipedia. 3. The parentage of a classic wine grape, Cabernet Sauvignon -- JE Bowers and CP Meredith. 4. Historical Genetics: The Parentage of Chardonnay, Gamay, and Other Wine Grapes of Northeastern France -- J Bowers, JM Boursiquot, P This, H Johansson and C Meredith. 5. Zinfandel, Dobrièiæ, and Plavac mali: The Genetic Relationship among Three Cultivars of the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia -- E Maletiæ, I Pejiæ, J Karoglan Kontiæ, J Piljac, GS Dangl, A Vokurka, T Lacombe, N Miroševiæ and CP Meredith. 6. Whole genome amplification and microsatellite genotyping of herbarium DNA revealed the identity of an ancient grapevine cultivar -- Nenad Malenica, Silvio Simon, Višnja Besendorfer, Edi Maletić, Jasminka Karoglan Kontić and Ivan Pejić. 7. An Ideal Wine -- David Darlington. 8. Daniel Kahneman on How Noise Hampers Judgement -- Episode 21 of Brave New World. 9. Higher wine prices boost drinking pleasure -- Clare Baldwin. 10. Interpretations of colour composition in young red wines -- TC Somers. 11. Wine Colour and Tannin -- The Australian Wine Research Institute. 12. Law and Education in Our Modern World -- Episode 5 of Brave New World (w John Sexton).

Ep 38: Joel Peterson on the Art and Science of Winemaking