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What is wine Flashcards

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vintage

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the year the grapes that produced the wine were harvested

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amphorae (AM-fuhr-uh)

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cylindrical pottery jars with narrow necks and two handles, in which ancient Greeks stored wine

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viticulture

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grape growing

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enology

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the study of winemaking

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Bacchus (BAK-uhs)

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Roman god of wine

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phylloxera (fihl-LOX-er-uh)

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a small, sap-sucking insect that feeds on roots and leaves

19th c. brought by British botanists to France on a merchant ship carrying grapevines native to North America, destroying most of the vineyards in France in 20 yrs, then spread throughout Europe

fix: grafting European vines onto American root stocks

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