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Great French Wine Blight

Index Great French Wine Blight

The Great French Wine Blight was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that destroyed many of the vineyards in France and laid waste the wine industry. [1]

31 relations: Absinthe, Algiers, Aphid, Assyrtiko, Biologist, Blight, Bollinger, Charles Valentine Riley, Denison, Texas, Franc, Franco-Prussian War, Gard, Grafting, Greece, Jules Émile Planchon, Languedoc, Leo Laliman, Montpellier, Phylloxera, Proboscis, Pujaut, Raisin, Root, Roquemaure, Gard, Santorini, Sap, Thomas Volney Munson, Toxin, Vineyard, Vitis vinifera, Volcano.

Absinthe

Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV / 90–148 U.S. proof) beverage.

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Algiers

Algiers (الجزائر al-Jazā’er, ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻ, Alger) is the capital and largest city of Algeria.

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Aphid

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea.

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Assyrtiko

Assyrtiko or Asyrtiko is a white Greek wine grape indigenous to the island of Santorini.

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Biologist

A biologist, is a scientist who has specialized knowledge in the field of biology, the scientific study of life.

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Blight

Blight refers to a specific sign affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism.

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Bollinger

Bollinger is a Champagne house, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France.

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Charles Valentine Riley

Charles Valentine Riley (18 September 1843 – 14 September 1895) was a British-born American entomologist and artist.

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Denison, Texas

Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States.

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Franc

The franc (₣) is the name of several currency units.

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Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Guerre franco-allemande), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1871) or in Germany as 70/71, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Gard

Gard (Gard) is a department in southern France in the Occitanie region.

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Grafting

Grafting or graftage is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together.

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Greece

No description.

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Jules Émile Planchon

Jules Émile Planchon (21 March 1823 – 1 April 1888) was a French botanist born in Ganges, Hérault.

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Languedoc

Languedoc (Lengadòc) is a former province of France.

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Leo Laliman

Leo Laliman was a winegrower and viticulturist from Bordeaux, France.

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Montpellier

Montpellier (Montpelhièr) is a city in southern France.

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Phylloxera

Grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch 1855); family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs); originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Phylloxera vitifoliae; commonly just called phylloxera (from φύλλον, leaf, and ξηρός, dry) is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America.

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Proboscis

A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate.

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Pujaut

Pujaut is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

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Raisin

A raisin is a dried grape.

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Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.

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Roquemaure, Gard

Roquemaure is a small town and commune in the Gard department of southern France.

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Santorini

Santorini (Σαντορίνη), classically Thera (English pronunciation), and officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland.

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Sap

Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant.

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Thomas Volney Munson

Thomas Volney Munson (September 26, 1843 – January 21, 1913) often referred to simply as T.V. Munson, was a horticulturist and breeder of grapes in Texas.

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Toxin

A toxin (from toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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Vitis vinifera

Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine, is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_French_Wine_Blight

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