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1
Q

Basal Buds

A

On a shoot, closest to the trunk

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2
Q

How hot can it be before a vine starts synthesizing?

How cold?

A

95 F/ 35 C

50 F/ 10 C

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3
Q

Powdery Mildew known as?

A

Oidium

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4
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Downy Mildew known as?

A

Peronospera

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5
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Name the 3 most common varietals of NE France in the Middle Ages

A

Pinot, Savagnin, Gouais Blanc

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6
Q

Meunier translation?

A

Miller. Underside of leaves look like they’re dusted with flour.

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7
Q

Malbec’s natural cross of?

A

Prunelard x Madeline Noir des Charentes

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8
Q

Mutage

A

Neutral grape spirit added to fermenting must

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9
Q

Ban de Vendage

A

Official picking date according to officials

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10
Q

Tramontane

A

Wind influencing Languedoc & Rousillon

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11
Q

Phocaeans founded what important city?

A

Marseille

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12
Q

Syrah natural cross of?

A

Dureza x Mondeuse Blanche

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13
Q

Chardonnay cross of?

A

Pinot x Gouais Blanc

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14
Q

River that flows through Champagne & Paris?

A

Seine

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15
Q

River that flows into sea or lake

A

Fleuve

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16
Q

River that flows into another river

A

Riviere

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17
Q

What historically important project first connected Toulouse to the Mediterranean?

A

Canal de Midi

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18
Q

2 Governing bodies for biodynamics?

A

Demeter
Biodyvin (vineyards only)

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19
Q

Coulure

A

Poor fruit set caused by rain at flowering

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20
Q

Marcottage

A

Vine propagation by layering

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21
Q

Guyot is a form of _____ training

A

Cane

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22
Q

Cordon is a form of _____ training

A

Spur

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23
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debourbage

A

juice settling

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24
Q

In the 14th century, the Papacy moved its headquarters from Rome to what French city?

A

Avignon in the Rhone Valley

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25
Q

What historical figure first united Gaul under one rule and one religion?

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Clovis, King of the Franks

26
Q

Process in which 750ml bottles of champagne are used to fill larger/smaller bottles after disgorgement

A

Transversage

27
Q

Autolysis

A

Decomposition of dead yeast cells

28
Q

As a general rule grapes are picked _____ days after veraison

29
Q

Maceration Peliculaire

A

Skin Contact white wine

30
Q

3 common Fining agents

A

Bentonite, Casein and Gelatin

31
Q

6 Fundamental stages of Champagne

A
  1. Assemblage
    2 Tirage
  2. Elevage
  3. Remuage
  4. Disgorge
  5. Dosage
32
Q

Pseudonym for Chardonnay in Bourgogne

33
Q

Pseudonym for Chardonay in the Jura

A

Gamay Blanc
Melon d’ Arbois
Melon a Queue Rouge

34
Q

Pseudonym for Chardonnay in Loire

35
Q

Pseudonym for Argiles a Silex

A

Perruches (Flinty Clays)

36
Q

Aubuis

A

Touraine, clay/limestone soils

37
Q

Boulbenes

A

Sandy clay in SW FRance

38
Q

Caillotes

A

Centre Loire, Small Limestone pebbles

39
Q

Camargue

A

Salt marsh W of Provence, E of Languedoc where Rhone runs into Mediterranean

40
Q

Causses

A

Limestone plateaus in the Massif Central

41
Q

Chevillé

A

Peg shaped champagne cork

42
Q

Climate word origin

A

Greek “klima” meaning incline

43
Q

Delestage

A

Red wine extraction where tank is drained mixed back onto its skins. AKA rack and return

44
Q

Drosophila Suzukii

A

Asian fruit fly lays eggs inside grapes, whose larvae hatch and feed on the pulp

45
Q

Arene/Gorrhe

A

Beaujolais, feldspar, mica and quartz

46
Q

INAO

A

Institut National des Appellations d’Origine. Governing body responsible for French wine law

47
Q

Manno-protein

A

molecules from sur lie aging

48
Q

Marcottage

A

Provignage. Burying a cane to sprout new vines

49
Q

Merlot named after

A

Merle, blackbird that feasts upon it at harvest

50
Q

Remembrement

A

Planned adjustment/consolidation of land

51
Q

Remontage

52
Q

ResDur

A

Grapevines resistant to fungal disease

53
Q

Restanques

A

man made walls of river stone in Provence

54
Q

Septentrionaux

55
Q

Vin de Goutte

A

free run juice

56
Q

Pinot Noir Loire pseudonym

A

Auvernat Noir

57
Q

Petit Verdot pseudonym

A

Lambrusquet

58
Q

What is a CS x Grenache cross

59
Q

Fer Servadou pseudonyms x3

A

Braucol
Mansoi
Pinenc

60
Q

In Cahors, Malbec is known as

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