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Sunday, 27 May 2012
Wine Word of the Week: Phylloxera
This week’s Wine Word of the Week is phylloxera. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Phylloxera. This small yellow root-feeding aphid has probably had a more damaging impact on wine production than any other vine pest, or any vine disease. It attacks only grapevines, and kills vines by attacking their roots. [...]
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