World wine Flashcards
Stats and distribution - light weight
Define “isotherm”
A line on a map connecting points having the same mean temperature.
Wine grapes are grown between which isotherms?
10ºC - 20ºC
Quality wine grapes are mainly which grape variety?
Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera grows best at which range of latitudes
30 and 50 degrees in the northern and southern hemispheres.
Why are more wine grapes grown in the Northern hemisphere than in the Southern?
The 30 and 50 degrees Latitude band covers much more land in the Northern hemisphere.
The southern hemisphere has fewer vineyards because so much of the band is over oceans.
List the most established wine producing countries within this range in the Northern Hemisphere.
Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Greece, Israel.
List the most established wine producing countries with some of their country within this range in the Northern Hemisphere.
United States,
Canada,
China
List the most established wine producing countries within this range in the Southern Hemisphere.
Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Top 5 wine consuming countries in the world
USA France Italy Germany China
Top 5 wine producing countries in the world
Italy France Spain USA Argentina
