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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