Why wine lovers should raise a glass to meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs

The demise of the dinosaurs could be to thank for the existence of wine because it helped grapes to flourish, a study suggests. The mass extinction event 66 million years ago allowed primitive grape species to thrive in forests which were previously unsuitable during the era of the giant reptiles. Fossilised grape seeds found in South America date back to 60 million years ago, just after the Chicxulub meteor wiped out the dinosaurs, and are “the oldest grapes ever found …