ONE OF THE THINGS THAT science does is force us to rethink commonly held notions, assumed truths, or what appears to be common sense. In viticulture, we have our own set of myths and beliefs about growing grapes that have survived for decades, or more, in the absence of good field research. But while many of them have some basis in fact, they are not necessarily the absolute truths that they are sometime touted as being. Here are a few 'myths' that we have in viticulture, and what researchers have found out about them.
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