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De re rustica

Several ancient authors wrote textbooks on agriculture under this title (On Rural Affairs), some of which dealt extensively with viticulture. Although Petrus de Crescentiis gave his work a slightly different title, it also dealt with the same subject. He quotes several authors and takes the structure of Columella's work as his model. The author Cassianus Bassus "Scholastikus" (late 6th to early 7th century) also...

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Alcohol consumption From Alcohol to Health, Prohibition and Intoxication to Quotes

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Label From producer, alcohol content, grape variety and vintage to residual sugar

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Rosé more than 30 variants from Badisch Rotgold to Gleichgepreßter and Oeil de Perdrix to Weißherbst and Blanc de Noir

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Records Around 70 rankings and hit lists in viticulture that leave no questions unanswered

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Area dimensions Around 25 units of measurement from acres to hectares, joch, morgen, stremma and Viertel

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Wine-growing institutions Wine-related institutions - more than 50 from the American Wine Society to ECOVIN, INAO, Masters of Wine and ÖWM to VDP, Austrian Wine Academy, WSET and Cape Wine Academy

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Gouais Blanc The „Casanova of grape varieties“ with more than 100 direct descendants

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Religion From the Bible to the Eucharist and Mass wine to wine gods

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Hollow dimensions More than 50 measures of volume from anchor to jug and Scoppen to Yhrn

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Wine description Describing wine - more than 700 terms used to describe wine from fading and tired to rich in extract, fruity, minerally, Franconian dry, to vegetal and approachable

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Floor type From Albarese to granite, limestone, loess, sand and Terra Rossa to volcanic rock

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grapevine More than 50 terms from ampelography to DNA, varietal characteristics to breeding and cultivation

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