Making wine without grapes (or any other fruit)

In the Ava cloning lab

Sometimes people create things because there is a demand for them. Certain medications or machines, for example. Sometimes they create things because they can created a demand. Certain smartphone apps, for example.

And, sometimes they create things just because they can. This may fall into the latter category.

Bioengineer Alec Lee, founder of the Ava Winery wine cloning lab in San Francisco, tells TechCrunch, “We create the wine without any grapes, yeast or any kind of fermentation.”

The startup company currently is concentrating right now the startup is focused on replicating three wine clones -- a Moscato d’Asti, a Dom Perignon, and a Pinot Noir. Says TechCrunch, "The claim to make wine from a group of bonded atoms sounds a bit like alchemy, but Lee swears his products are the real deal."

Are they really? You can make up your mind after reading the full story by clicking here.