Viticulture/vinification

Question 1

Size of Barrique and Tonneau

Answer 1

225 and 900 liters

Question 2

Size of Burgundy’s Piece

Answer 2

228 Liter

Question 3

Armagnac Piece size

Answer 3

400-420 liters

Question 4

Champagne barrel

Answer 4

205 Liter

Question 5

South rhone Demi Muid

Answer 5

600 liter

Question 6

Rheingau Stuck

Answer 6

1200 Liter

Question 7

Mosel fuder

Answer 7

1000 liter

Question 8

Jerez Butt size

Answer 8

600- 650 liter

Question 9

Jerez bota chica (shipping butt)

Answer 9

500 liter

Question 10

Douro/Porto pipe liters

Answer 10

530-630 liters (production)

534.24 liters shipping

Question 11

Italy tonneau liters

Answer 11

550 Liter

Question 12

Tokai Gonc liters

Answer 12

Approx 136

Question 13

American whiskey barrel liters

Answer 13

190 liters

Question 14

Aussie hogshead liters

Answer 14

300 liters

Question 15

Aussie puncheon liters

Answer 15

450-500 liters

Question 16

Two ma in training systems

Answer 16

head and cordon

Question 17

Describe Cordon training VS head

Answer 17

at least one permanent arm (cordon) extend the from trunk

Head means no permanent arm, gnarled knob (head) top

Question 18

Vin Gris is

Answer 18

Red grapes vinified as white wine, so just pink tinted, some use to get rid of softer first pressing of red grapes in search of concentration of remaining juice

Question 19

When (ish) is Bud break Northern/Southern hemisphere

Answer 19

March North

September South

Question 20

when does flowering occur post bud break, what happens next

Answer 20

6-13 weeks

then flowers bloom 13 days while they pollinate and fruit sets (normally 30% of embryo gets to be fruit)

Question 21

what is Millerandage?

Answer 21

uneven ripening

Question 22

When ish does veraison occur N/S hemisphere

Answer 22

Green baby grapes in June/December

Veraison (berries begin turning color) in August/February

Question 23

What does lignify mean?

Answer 23

Turn to wood (green stalks lignify when ripe)

Question 24

What is Vendange

Answer 24

harvest

Question 25

What does vinifera mean?

Answer 25

“wine bearing”

Question 26

best temp, latitude, rainfall, sunshine hours for vines

Answer 26

average 50-68 degrees, veraison Red 70 degrees white 66 degrees
30-50 latitude
Minimum rain: 20-30 inches
Minimum sunshine: 1300 hours

Question 27

What does application of lime do in vineyard

Answer 27

raise PH

Question 28

name of America vine resistant to Phylox

Answer 28

Vitis Riparia (and others)

Question 29

What does asian lady beetle do?

Answer 29

Secretes body fluid (ew) that taints (hehe) berries

Question 30

Where is leaf roll a particular problem?

Answer 30

SA

its q complex of viruses that redden and roll up leaves which slows ripening and lowers yields (50%.)

Question 31

A which temp does photosynthesis Stop?

Answer 31

85/90 degrees

Question 32

Most Alluvial soils hold what?

Answer 32

sand, gravel

Question 33

What is Arene?

Answer 33

coarse granitic Sand in Beaujolais

Question 34

Major categories of vine disease

Answer 34

4
fungal (powdery, downy, 
viral
bacterial
phytoplasma (example: grape vine yellows)

Question 35

4 infestation threats

Answer 35

Mealy bugs
Nematodes
glassy winged sharpshooter
phylox (aphid, now called Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)

Question 36

Types of fungal disease

Answer 36

Powdery MiIdew (oidium)
Downey Mildew 
Eutypa Dieback
Esca 
Black Rot
Bunch Rot (botrytis)