France has a total of 126,000 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, making it the fourth most planted red grape in the country. Other regions in France also benefit from the grape’s popularity.

Still, blending with other grapes comes with risks. For a U.S. wine to be labeled cabernet, a bottle must contain 75% cabernet grapes or more. Any less, and it's considered a red blend.

A new sequencing technology, combined with a new computer algorithm that can yield detailed information about complex genomes of various organisms, has been used to produce a high-quality draft genome ...

Shiraz and cabernet sauvignon make up more than a third of that figure. In South Australia, which produces more than half of the country's wine, shiraz was the dominant variety in the 323 hectares ...