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What is the ‘Aspersion of a vineyard’? Why we do it?
'Aspersion' is a French term used to designate the sprinkling of a given vineyard to help reduce frost damage to vines...
'Aspersion' is a French term used to designate the sprinkling of a given vineyard to help reduce frost damage to vines...
The 'aspect' of a vineyard is the direction that a slope faces, which is an important feature of vineyard locations, particularly in cool regions because it has a great impact on how the sunrays penetrate the canopy and warm up the vine during the day...
The Asian Lady Beetle is an insect pest new to North American viticulture, ffirst causing problems in the 2001 vintage in the country's northeast. The Asian Lady Beetle is also called ladybird or ladybug in some countries...
The 'Armillaria Root Rot' is a fungal disease that resides in woody plant materials in the soil and damages a variety of plants, including vines. It is also known as mushroom or shoestring root rot...
Arrope is a syrupt used in Spain to sweeten wine (add sugar), particularly Sherry, that is prepared by boiling down and so concentrating the unfermented grape juice.
'Artists' labels' are wine labels illustrated by works of art, often a different one for each vintage. Baron Philippe de Rothschild commissioned Cubist Jean Carlu to design the first 'Chateau Bottled' label for Chateau Mouton-Rothschild in 1924...
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