Sustainable Viticulture

Question 1

Earth Overshoot Day

Answer 1

The calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those real that year.

USA: March 15
France: May 5
Vietnam: Décembre 21

Question 2

Which food product takes the most water to produce?

Answer 2

Nuts

Question 3

How many L of water does it take to produce 1 L of wine?

Answer 3

1000 L

Question 4

Eutrophication

Answer 4

Excess nutrients in water leading to growth of algae depleting oxygen and killing fish

Question 5

What is the definition of sustainable development?

Answer 5

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 6

What are the 3 factors of sustainability?

Answer 6

Environmental
(Bearable)
Social
(Equitable)
Economic
(Viable)

Question 7

What factors act on sustainability?

Answer 7

Increasing regulation
Growing employee expectations
Change in analyst’s evaluation criteria
Growing consumer expectations

Question 8

I hat is the Bordeaux mixture?

Answer 8

A mixture of copper (II) sulfate (CuSO4) and slaked lime (Ca(OH)2) in water in a ratio o 1:0.5:100. Used as a fungicide

Question 9

Integrated Production

Answer 9

Economical production of high quality grapes , giving priority to ecologically safer methods, minimizing the undesirable side effects and use of agrochemicals, to enhance the safeguards to the environment and human health.

Question 10

What is the organic label in France.

Answer 10

AB

Question 11

What caused the slowed growth of AB label conversions?

Answer 11

The global financial crisis

Question 12

Which country has the highest percentage of organic farmers?

Answer 12

Spain

Question 13

What is the SWNZ?

Answer 13

Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand: they provide ‘best practice’ model of environmental practices in the vineyard and winery, guarantee better quality assurance from vineyard through bottling, and address consumer concerns in matters pertaining to the environment and wine grape production.

Question 14

What factors of soil management can be addressed regarding sustainability?

Answer 14

Soil tests (to know what you are working with)
Building up/Conserving OM
Avoiding soil pollution
Incorporating ground cover
Controlling erosion
Less tractor passes per row
Herbicide strip

Question 15

What are the major techniques for floor management?

Answer 15

Mechanical weeding (tillage)
Cover crop
Chemical weeding

(Thermal weeding, black plastic soil cover, green manure)

Question 16

What have bare earth instead of cover crop?

Answer 16

To reduce frost damage.

Question 17

What is the most sustainable frost prevention?

Answer 17

Wind turbines (more sustainable than candles, water, planes, electricity)

Question 18

How can you avoid trunk disease?

Answer 18

By not pruning when it is wet and using a protection after big cuts