Monoculture (mono = alone) refers to agricultural, including viticultural, horticultural or agricultural land on which only a single crop species is cultivated for several years (usually 5 years) in succession (single-field farming) without crop rotation or fallow periods.

The most important opposing terms are mixed cultivation (simultaneous cultivation of several crop species on one area) and crop rotation (successive cultivation of different vegetable species on the same bed over the course of the season). A pure culture (also known as an "axenic culture") is a culture of microorganisms consisting exclusively of a single species or strain.
![]()
For me, Lexicon from wein.plus is the most comprehensive and best source of information about wine currently available.
Egon Mark
Diplom-Sommelier, Weinakademiker und Weinberater, Volders (Österreich)