southern tip of the continent. In an effort to continue their eastern migration to reach the Australian waters where they were born, the great white sharks would have instinctively followed the African coast until they could travel east.

Genetic markers allowed Les Noble, a shark geneticist at the University of Aberdeen, to compare the Mediterranean sharks with the other populations.

“We were absolutely astonished. It was a moment of scientific serendipity. We looked at the DNA signature of the sharks and found they were all from the same extended family. The founding mothers had the same DNA as great white sharks found off the coast of Australia,” Noble said in a press release.

The geography of the Mediterranean made it a shark trap. There was only a small entrance in atof Australia’s chardonnays of consequence began to appear in the US market, it was clear that Leeuwin Estate was fashioning some of the best wines in the country. Denis Horgan, the thoroughly passionate and entertaining owner of the winery, was forever expounding on the superiority of Margaret River’s climate and its suitability in producing top-notch chardonnays.

As more Margaret River chardonnays appeared in the States and the region consolidated its’ position as a preferred appellation for the varietal, visiting winemakers began to promote the role that the “GinGin” clone played in producing fine chardonnay. At the time, the role of clones in making chardonnays and pinot noirs was just beginning to be part of the dialogue between wineries and the trade in California. As a result, certain clones were