The French-style home sits on under an acre, onto which is also packed a small cabernet sauvignon grape vineyard, fruit trees, areas for entertaining, a pool and a guest house.

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Dr Meredith first came to fame four years ago, when she showed that cabernet sauvignon, widely reckoned the noblest grape of them all, was a hybrid of cabernet franc and sauvignon blanc.

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All 24 sites could be accounted for if the first Cabernet Sauvignon vine was a hybrid between Cabernet Franc (another red variety from Bordeaux) and Sauvignon Blanc (a white grape grown widely in western France).

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Some of you may recognize it as a blending grape used along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec in Bordeaux styled wines.

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And yet, most of us cannot afford to purchase a wine stem for every grape varietal (currently Riedel offers wine glasses for everything from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon).

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