Viticulture

Question 1

What happens from December to February?

Answer 1

Pruning

Question 2

What happens from March to April

Answer 2

Bending and tying of canes, preparing soils

Question 3

What happens from Late April - Early May

Answer 3

Budbreak

Question 4

What happens from Late May-June

Answer 4

Flowering

Question 5

What happens from June-July

Answer 5

Leaf pulling, summer pruning, green harvest

Question 6

What happens in August?

Answer 6

Véraison/Ripening

Question 7

What happens from Late August-Early November?

Answer 7

Harvest

Question 8

What happens in November?

Answer 8

Fertilize, hill up

Question 9

What happens in Early December?

Answer 9

Leaf fall, Trellis adjustments

Question 10

What are some benefits of vineyard terraces?

Answer 10

-Expand the area of cultivable land.
-Give growers reasonable level platforms on steep slopes.
-Slows the erosion of vineyard soils.
-Allow for improved capture of sunlight and heat.
-Small animals and insect within walls contribute to natural ecosystemic balance for the vines.

Question 11

Why were cultivated soils continously replenished on terraces?

Answer 11

The soils of the steep slopes were typically thin and rocky. Cultivated soils enriched with manue, compost, or other fertilisers and humus were replenished to balance it out.

Question 12

What is Flurbereinigung?

Answer 12

Vineyard reorganization
-Ongoing government-led project to restructure problematic elements of Germany’s vineyard landscapes.

*Started in the late 1800s

Question 13

What is Pfahlerziehung or Einzelpfalherziehung?

Answer 13

Training system where vine is trained on individual posts.

Question 14

What are some benefits of Pfahlerziehung?

Answer 14

-Allows for dense plantings.
-Maximizes sunlight exposure and airflow.
-Gives purchase for workers when scrambling over loose rocks and vertiginous pitches.

Question 15

What is the dominant vine training system in Germany now?

Answer 15

VSP

*Vertical Shoot Positioning

Question 16

Examples of Arched Cane Training Systems

Answer 16

-Flachbogen (Flat Arch)
-Halbbogen (Half arch)
-Pendelbogen (Pendulum Arch)
-Moselherz (Heart shaped variation of pendulum arch)
-Umbrella Kniffin
-Mosel Loop