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Viticulture/Training Flashcards

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When does pruning taking place?

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December-March

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2
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When is bud break?

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March
3-4 weeks after shoot growth

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3
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When does flowering take place?

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May
Inflorescence occurs 6-9 weeks after bud break

Bloom lasts 8-10 days

Early ripening picked 8-10 weeks after flowering

Late ripening 18 weeks

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4
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When does leaf pulling, summer pruning take place?

What do green harvests do?

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July

Limit yields

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5
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When does veraison/ripening take place?

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August

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6
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When is harvest?

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August-September-October

Most picked 45 days after veraison

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7
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How long is the growing season?

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165-180 days

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8
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When is winter pruning?

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November

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9
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What did replanting post-phylloxera look like?

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Opportunity to plant parcels to a single grape variety.
They replanted in rows

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10
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What is powdery mildew?

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“Odium” A fungal disease that blankets the vine with thick, white filaments
Yields are reduced if outbreak occurs before flowering

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11
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What is downy mildew?

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“Peronospera” Loves warm, humid weather.
Attacks leaves and stems with oil spots then with white cotton filaments

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12
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What is a Bordeaux Mixture?

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Copper sulfate application to combat downy mildew

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13
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What is an asian fruit fly?

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“Drisophila Suzukii They lay eggs in soft fruits and their larva hatch and feed on the pulp

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14
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What is Botrytis?

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Fungus
“Noble rot”
Mold concentrates sugars
Need cool/moist mornings and warm/dry afternoons
Honey dessert wine

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15
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What grapes are most vulnerable to Coulure?

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Merlot + Malbec
“Poor fruit set”

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16
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Why is the vine pruned?

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Maintains size and shape
Limits upcoming yields
Positions the fruit into a specific area
Position of shoots and canes

17
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What does botrytis due to sugar?
Tartaric and malic acid?

A

Reduce sugar by 1/3
drop T and M acid by 5/6 and 1/3

18
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3 most typical training systems in France?

A

Guyot
Gobelet
Cordon

19
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Guyot?

A

Long cane prune method
Horizonal support wire

20
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Gobelet?

A

Head pruned vines or bush vines, freestanding and no trellis support
For warm/dry coimates

21
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Cordon?

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A trunk ands single horizontal permanent arm trained on a support wire

22
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Eventail?

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“Fan” 4-5long arms spread out along the trellis in a fan shape
Beaujolais, Savoie, Languedoc

23
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Valled de la Marne?

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Resembles double Guyot, except both canes are shunted in the same direction on the trellis wire (vs opposite direction)
Meunier in Champagne

24
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Training in Chablis?

A

Spur pruned bush vine
Trunk hugs the ground and semi-perm arms spread out from it in the shape of a fan

25
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What is Charpente?

A

Long spur with fruitful buds which produces the crop
Developed in Chablis
Used for Chardonnay in Champagne

26
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What is conventional farming?

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Use of agrochemicals to control weeds/insects/disease

27
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What is sustainable viticulture?

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Uses agrochemicals only when necessary
Focus on cover crops (Minimize erosion)

28
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What is Lutte Raisonee?

A

Organic mulches decrease disease and pest pressure while returning nutrients to the soil

29
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Oldest Biodynamic vineyard?

A

Demeter in Germany since 1982

30
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What does Biodyvin certify

A

Vineyards only

31
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Who was Maria Thun?

A

Farmer who planted radish seeds as the moon moved through the different start constellations.

Flower plants do best when the moon is moving through air constellations

Fruit bearing-Moves through fire constellations

Leafy crops-Moves through water constellations

32
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Who was the first vigneron in France to adopt biodynamic practices?

A

Eugene Meyer

33
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What year were fungus resistant hybrid grapevines banned?

A

1951

34
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Who brought fungus resistant hybrid grapevines back?

A

Alain Bouquet

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