Elevated Radioactive Particles Found in Some California Red Wines After Fukushima Meltdown

Jeff Hamaoui tastes wine at the Vianasa Winery May 16, 2005 in Napa Valley, California. Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images

Two well-known types of California wines, rosé and Cabernet sauvignon, were recently tested by a group of French physicists, who wanted to see if the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster had affected the wine.