WSET D1 Wine Production: The Vine Questions 2024 exam.
WSET D1 Wine Production: The Vine Questions 2024 exam.What are the stem, buds, leaves, lateral shoots, tendrils and inflorescences/grape bunches commonly referred to as? - ANSWER The canopy What are solutes? - ANSWER Solutes are substances that dissolve in a liquid to form a solution and in this instance include sugars and minerals What does the stem of the vine transport? - ANSWER Water and solutes What does the stem of the vine store and why? - ANSWER Carbohydrates for energy/growth What are the lengths of stem in between the nodes called? - ANSWER Internodes What are little swellings along the stem, where the other structures are attached called? - ANSWER Nodes What does lignify mean? - ANSWER When in late summer, the leaves fall from the vine and the green shoots become woody and rigid, and turn brown What are shoots called once they lignify? - ANSWER Canes What is the name of the stalk that joins the leaf to the stem? - ANSWER Petiole What are the two types of bud? - ANSWER Compound buds and prompt buds What is a compound bud? - ANSWER They are formed in one growing season. They produce the main shoots in the next growing season. Within a compound bud, there is typically a primary bud (the main growing point) and smaller secondary and tertiary buds. The secondary and tertiary buds usually only grow if damage has occurred to the primary bud (e.g. spring frost). What is a prompt bud? - ANSWER They form and break open in the same growing season. They form on the main shoot (that has just grown from a compound bud) and produce lateral shoots.
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