WVIT 300 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers, 127 Q&A. 2025/2026. 100%
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About what percentage of global grape production is wine?
70
The earliest evidence of intentional beverage fermentation is from where?
China
What is the oldest winery in CA?
Buena Vista in Sonoma County
Where we're some of the contributions of the ancient Egyptians to grape/wine production?
Trellising and pruning
Where were the first commercial vineyards in CA (planted in 1830s)
Orange and San Bernardino Counties
Where were the vinifera grapes first planted in North America?
Mexico
Which ancient culture developed storage and aging of wine in wooden barrel?
Romans
Which ancient culture established vineyards in southern Europe and made wine trade a major
business?
Greeks
Greek god of wine
Dionysus
Roman god of wine
Bacchus
What grape species was so prolific in Newfoundland that Lief Erickson named it "Vineland"
Concord or Vitis Labrusca
A shoot that has lignified and hardened for winter
Cane
Who were the French scientists trying to solve phylloxera outbreak in Europe?
Planchon and Lichtenstein with the help of Riley from Missouri
, Morphology
Study of organismal structures
Phenology
Study of the developmental stages of the organism
Perennial
Lives more than 2 years
shoot
The green, photosynthesizing, primarily vegetative tissue of the current season's growth
Node
The swollen part of the shoot with a lease, bud, tendrils in clusters are found
tendrils
A modified flower cluster that twines and wraps around structures, and found opposite of a leaf at a
node
STAGE 1: BUDBREAK
But break occurs in the spring after at least 200 chilling hours have taken place when the mean daily
temperature is above 50°
Primordia
Cells which give rise to specialized organs such as leaves of flowers
STAGE 2: BLOOM
Grapes are self pollinating, the flowers are kind of boring with small petals. This occurs about eight
weeks after bud break.
STAGE 3: BERRY SET
Successful fertilization result in a seeded berry
excessive shatter
Flowers or young fruit fall off due to cold weather, shade, low nitrogen
Shot berries
not pollinated successfully due to low concentration of zinc or boron
STAGE FOUR: BERRY GROWTH
Has 3 phases: rapid growth, lag phase, and verasion
Phase 1 of stage 4: rapid growth
Acids increase, sugars are low, berries are hard and green
Phase 2 of stage 4: lag phase
Answers, 127 Q&A. 2025/2026. 100%
Verified.
About what percentage of global grape production is wine?
70
The earliest evidence of intentional beverage fermentation is from where?
China
What is the oldest winery in CA?
Buena Vista in Sonoma County
Where we're some of the contributions of the ancient Egyptians to grape/wine production?
Trellising and pruning
Where were the first commercial vineyards in CA (planted in 1830s)
Orange and San Bernardino Counties
Where were the vinifera grapes first planted in North America?
Mexico
Which ancient culture developed storage and aging of wine in wooden barrel?
Romans
Which ancient culture established vineyards in southern Europe and made wine trade a major
business?
Greeks
Greek god of wine
Dionysus
Roman god of wine
Bacchus
What grape species was so prolific in Newfoundland that Lief Erickson named it "Vineland"
Concord or Vitis Labrusca
A shoot that has lignified and hardened for winter
Cane
Who were the French scientists trying to solve phylloxera outbreak in Europe?
Planchon and Lichtenstein with the help of Riley from Missouri
, Morphology
Study of organismal structures
Phenology
Study of the developmental stages of the organism
Perennial
Lives more than 2 years
shoot
The green, photosynthesizing, primarily vegetative tissue of the current season's growth
Node
The swollen part of the shoot with a lease, bud, tendrils in clusters are found
tendrils
A modified flower cluster that twines and wraps around structures, and found opposite of a leaf at a
node
STAGE 1: BUDBREAK
But break occurs in the spring after at least 200 chilling hours have taken place when the mean daily
temperature is above 50°
Primordia
Cells which give rise to specialized organs such as leaves of flowers
STAGE 2: BLOOM
Grapes are self pollinating, the flowers are kind of boring with small petals. This occurs about eight
weeks after bud break.
STAGE 3: BERRY SET
Successful fertilization result in a seeded berry
excessive shatter
Flowers or young fruit fall off due to cold weather, shade, low nitrogen
Shot berries
not pollinated successfully due to low concentration of zinc or boron
STAGE FOUR: BERRY GROWTH
Has 3 phases: rapid growth, lag phase, and verasion
Phase 1 of stage 4: rapid growth
Acids increase, sugars are low, berries are hard and green
Phase 2 of stage 4: lag phase
