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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…
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What is called the aspect of a vineyard?
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…
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What is the Asian Lady Beetle?
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.
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What is the Armillaria Root Rot?
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…
Wine Vocabulary
What is the ‘Arrope’?
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.
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Where do artist-made wine labels come from?
‘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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What is the meaning of the word ‘arrachage’ when relating to the french vineyard?
‘Arrachage’ is a French term meaning ripping out vines from the soil…
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What is an ‘armazém’?
‘Armazém’ is a Portuguese term that means ‘warehouse’ or’store’. Armazém are the long, low lodges where Port wines and Madeira wines are aged. They have shaped the architecture of the villages where these wines were stored, respectively Vila Nova de Gaia and Funchal.
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What is the arm of a vine?
The ‘arm’ of a vine is a viticultural word for the woody framework of the vine from which the canes and spurs emanate. The position of the arms is determined by the vine-training system utilized. They can be borne along cordons at intervals so that the buds, following trimming, are Read more…
Wine Education
A brief history of Argentinian wine
Argentina is the most substantial wine-producing country in South America, and has been one of the world’s most dynamic wine producers since the late 1990s. Significant investments in new vineyard regions have lately been undertaken to continue increasing the quality of Argentine wines. Furthermore, significant efforts are being made to assist in the export of Argentine wines. But how did this lovely tale of Argentinian wine begin?
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