Viticulture Ch 5

Question 0

What are the 3 layers of soil?

Answer 0

Topsoil
Subsoil
Subsolum

Question 1

What is the most important and defining element of soil

Answer 1

Structure and texture

Question 2

What are mycorrhizae?

Answer 2

Mutualistic association between a fungus and plant allowing them to take up minerals in which the roots might not be able to reach

Question 3

What are Protozoa?

Answer 3

Single cell organisms in the soil that are vital to the breakdown of plant matter

Question 4

What is green manuring?

Answer 4

Planting green crops in the vineyard to provide material for humus production

Question 5

What is humus?

Answer 5

Organic material in soil usually plant matter

Question 6

What is the term for bunch thinning?

Answer 6

Vendange en vert

Question 7

What is the most critical factor in quality

Answer 7

All things equal it is YIELD

Question 8

Name a fabled vintage coming from young vines

Answer 8

Stags leap Cab 1973 (coming from vines planted in 1970)

1961 Bordeaux right bank (many vines planted in 1957, 1958)