Test the Wine Wizard Quiz on Italian Wines | Wine Inquirer

Which of the following ingredients impact the health of the vineyards?

Sun
Rainfall
Wind
Frost
All of the above

All of the following impact the health of the grape vines except:

Pruning
Pest control
Adding grape juice to the soil
Soil nutrients
Sunlight

Which of the following is a vine disease?

Rhinovirus
Pierce's
Adenovirus
a & c
None of the above

Which approach is best to aid in producing the best grapes?

Flood the vineyard just prior to budbreak
Flood the vineyard just prior to harvest
Apply pesticide liberally during budbreak
Plant the vines in a poor soil that challenges the root system
Aligning harvest with the planets, moon and stars

What is biodynamic farming?

Infusing bio-identical hormones into the vines
Applying genetically altered organisms to the vinees
a spiritual-ethical-ecological approach to agriculture
extracting all of the natural elements in the soil and replacing them monthly
None of the above

Each is a step in the development of grapes except:

Budbreak
Vine Cracking
Flowering
Fruit set
Veraison

Which event is most destructive to vines and grapes?

Poor planetary alignment
Hail
Warm days and cool nights
Hard freeze
B & D

All of the following may occur during the dormant portion of the growing season except:

Pruning
Grafting
Clearing the soil
Flooding the vineyard
Adding soil nutrients

Which of the following are utilized routinely to decrease damage from a hard freeze?

Planting heating coils under the vineyard
Helicopters
Spraying the vines with water
Spreading manure across the entire vineyard
B & C

Hand harvest is preferred over machine harvest for all of the following except:

Desire to reduce grapes stress and skin rupture
The vineyard landscape doesn't allow for machine use.
Gas prices are too high.
Sorting of grapes and clusters while harvesting
Fooled you..........they are all correct.