What is wine Flashcards
1
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vintage
A
the year the grapes that produced the wine were harvested
2
Q
amphorae (AM-fuhr-uh)
A
cylindrical pottery jars with narrow necks and two handles, in which ancient Greeks stored wine
3
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viticulture
A
grape growing
4
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enology
A
the study of winemaking
5
Q
Bacchus (BAK-uhs)
A
Roman god of wine
6
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phylloxera (fihl-LOX-er-uh)
A
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
