GOUAIS (BLANC): (a.k.a Gwäss or Gwaess). Obscure, heavy bearing, white wine variety historically used to produce a light neutral wine for blending, or distillation for use in brandy-type fortified wines, in France.
Modern DNA fingerprinting research at University of California, Davis, now suggests that Chardonnay is the result of a cross between the Pinot and Gouais Blanc (Heunisch) grape varieties.
DNA fingerprinting has shown that like Aubin Blanc, Petit Meslier is the result of a cross between Gouais Blanc and Savagnin.
Gamay is the natural offspring of Pinot Noir and the little known Gouais, and has been cultivated in the region for at least seven centuries.
Researchers at the University of California at Davis used DNA profiling in 1999 to prove that Chardonnay originated as a cross of an obscure, ancient, and nearly extinct variety called gouais blanc with a member of the "pinot" family, ...
 See also: Blanc, Grape, Chardonnay, Wine, Pinot
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