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TEST YOUR VINTELLIGENCE! 24TH NOVEMBER 2015

24 Nov, 2015

It’s time for our weekly Vintelligence question! How good is your wine knowledge?

1. Why do winemakers plant roses in their vineyards?

Why do winemakers plant roses in their vineyards?

Because roses get sick before anything else in the vineyard.

Roses and grape vines are susceptible to the same diseases, and roses get sick before anything else in the vineyard. If there’s mildew in the air, it will infect the roses first and give a winemaker a heads-up that it’s time to spray.

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