The wine question of the day
What is the term for a total collapse in a vineyard, where diseased vines stop growing and eventually productivity comes to a complete halt?
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Correct answer is: Apoplexy
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Apoplexy
Term (Greek apoplex = stroke) for sudden events with loss of consciousness or with partial paralysis. In viticulture this is also used for the poor condition of a vineyard with complete death of vines. The diseased vines gradually stop growing, the necrotized leaves turn yellow and wither, and productivity comes to a partial and then complete standstill. Sometimes apoplexy is also called the acute form of the wood disease Esca. Strictly speaking, however, this is not a specific disease, but the final symptom or extreme effect of various vine diseases. The causes are for example water stress (lack of water), extreme lack of...
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