What is wine

Question 1

vintage

Answer 1

the year the grapes that produced the wine were harvested

Question 2

amphorae (AM-fuhr-uh)

Answer 2

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

Question 3

viticulture

Answer 3

grape growing

Question 4

enology

Answer 4

the study of winemaking

Question 5

Bacchus (BAK-uhs)

Answer 5

Roman god of wine

Question 6

phylloxera (fihl-LOX-er-uh)

Answer 6

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