Planting Materials

Question 2

Duration of annual life cycle

Answer 2

Chard and PN- early ripening. Cool climates- need to reach ripeness before wet, cold weather.
Late ripening- Mouvedre- warm climates- early ripening in these climates would gain too much sugar and lose acidity too rapidly= unbalanced

Question 3

Tolerance of drought

Answer 3

Grenache- S Rhone

Question 4

Resistance to disease

Answer 4

Cab Sav- less resistant to grey rot, merlot susceptible- why make good blending partners.

Question 5

Give an example of a grape that copes with Winter hardiness

Answer 5

Riesling- Ontario/Finger Lakes

Question 6

Vigour

Answer 6

Savy B- in fertile climates- need to conrtol or will focus on shoots, not grapes managing or excessive shoot growth.

Question 7

Style of wine

Answer 7

No tannin, young fruity wine- gamay or grenache instead of nebbiolo.

Question 8

Yield

Answer 8

High yielding varieties- grenache- allow production of higher yields- concern with inexpensive wines

Question 9

Cost

Answer 9

PN- more difficult to grow- prone to disease- more monitoring/spraying

Question 10

Availability

Answer 10

Risk of spreading disease and pests- quarantine when introducing new planting material to country/region

Question 11

Market demand

Answer 11

Savy B- in fashion.
GGs can cut original vine at trunk and graft a bud from new variety on top= head/top grafting.
Benefit= established root system, new grape varieties can produce fruit more quickly than brand new planting.
Disads- rootstock selected based on characteristics of existing.