Slide Pack 1

Question 1

Friars brought what grapevine cuttings?

Answer 1

Criollo now called Mission

Question 2

What years did Friars bring grapevines to Texas

Answer 2

1660’s

Question 3

Criolla refers to a group of S American born cultivars of what European grapevine? From where?

Answer 3

Vitis Vinifera. Spain

Question 4

Criolla dna analysis proved it was derived from what grape?

Answer 4

Listan Prieto

Question 5

Listan Prieto is an ancient variety from where in Spain? Found only where now?

Answer 5

Castilla and La Mancha

Canary Islands

Question 6

Listan Prieto is similar to

Answer 6

Palomino or País in Chile

Question 7

When did immigrant farmers show up

Answer 7

Around 1830’s

Question 8

Early settlements in Castroville were by who

Answer 8

Alsatians and French

Question 9

What happened when the vines from Europe failed?

Answer 9

Winemakers began using Mustang grapes

Question 10

Large plantings of V. Vinifera by the end of the 19th century were reported around what town?

Answer 10

Laredo

Question 11

The railroad brought in what group to grow grapes in the desert around Pecos?

Answer 11

French winemakers

Question 12

Oldest commercial Texas winery?

Answer 12

Val Verde in Del Rio

Question 13

Val Verde started by who?

Answer 13

Frencesco Quaglia

Question 14

What grape did Val Verde start with and still focuses on today?

Answer 14

Black Spanish (Lenoir)

Question 15

What year did T.V. Munson come to Denison

Answer 15

1876

Question 16

How many grape varieties did T.V. Munson introduce?

Answer 16

over 300

Question 17

Munson published what book?

Answer 17

Foundations of American Grape Culture

Question 18

Who started A&M’s research vineyard in 1931 at the Winter Garden Experiment Station near Big Bend?

Answer 18

Ernest Mortensen

Question 19

How many varieties were tested at WGES?

Answer 19

over 1,000

Question 20

WGES established what cotton root rot resistant rootstocks?

Answer 20

Dog Ridge, Champanel, LaPryor

Question 21

WGES established what names as good hybrid fruit producing varieties?

Answer 21

Lenior, Champanel, Edna

Question 22

WGES identified what two grapes as resistant to vine disease or Pierce’s Disease?

Answer 22

Black Spanish and Herbemont

Question 23

What research program from 1939 to 1963 focused on Munson and FR-AM hybrids?

Answer 23

Montague Grape Laboratory

Question 24

Researcher at Montague?

Answer 24

Uriel A. Randolph

Question 25

Uriel Randolph hybrid grape varieties?

Answer 25

Favorite, Carmen, Beacon, Seibel 9110

Question 26

U Randolph showed superiority of what rootstocks?

Answer 26

Dog Ridge, Champanel and LaPryor

Question 27

Large A&M research vineyard planted in 1909 and maintained till 1937?

Answer 27

Lubbock Station (Texas High Plains)

Question 28

Who re-established THP vineyard in 1968

Answer 28

Bill Lipe

Question 29

Who continued THP vineyard until 2001?

Answer 29

Ed Hellman

Question 30

Ron Perry's 1974 study indicated what three positives for West Texas grapes?

Answer 30

1) Absence of cotton root rot 2) Low Pierce's disease 3) Low foliage disease

Question 31

How often can crops be lost due to low winter temps, spring freezes and hail?

Answer 31

One year in ten

Question 32

How often could vines be lost due to low winter temps, spring freezes and hail?

Answer 32

One year in 25

Question 33

Perry's study concluded what about Texas wine industry?

Answer 33

1) Source of bulk table wines 2) Source of standard table wines 3) Maybe high quality dessert wines

Question 34

Perry's study did not mention premium tables wines, Why?

Answer 34

Heat summation

Question 35

Bill Lipe's work indicated?

Answer 35

1) Warm Weather varieties better 2) Winter kill a major concern 3) Leading V. Vinifera varieties were better wine quality

Question 36

In 1982, 5 experimental UT vineyards were established in Culbertson and Pecos Counties by?

Answer 36

Charles McKinney, Dr. Roy Mitchell and Jim Evans

Question 37

Large 960 acre vineyard in Fort Stockton?

Answer 37

Ste. Genevieve

Question 38

Between 1970 and 1980, US wine market grew 80%. Why?

Answer 38

Judgment of Paris and Baby Boomer effects

Question 39

On Winkler Scale, is Ft Stockton hotter or cooler than California's Central Valley and Napa Valley?

Answer 39

Hotter

Question 40

1982 feasibility study found?

Answer 40

Difficult for small winery to grow into big winery

Question 41

1982 feasibility study most likely scenario?

Answer 41

Large winery might be profitable in 12-17 years but gave tax benefits

Question 42

1982 feasibility study focused on?

Answer 42

Commercial quality not premium quality

Question 43

Ste. Genevieve built when?

Answer 43

1981 to 1984

Question 44

Ste. Genevieve built by?

Answer 44

UT and Domaine Cordier

Question 45

Ste. Genevieve purchased by?

Answer 45

Mesa vineyards in 2005