Terroir is a difficult concept to fully understand. It has come to define what we mean by quality wine. When we taste a distinctive wine,
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A New Breed of Anti-Terroirist?
I must confess I don’t quite get this argument from Word on the Grapevine entitled “Overstating Terroir: Effacing the Vigneron.” The sheer volume of decisions
Smoke Taint is an Expression of Terroir
Although early reports from parts of California and Oregon are grim, it is still too early to determine how much the 2020 vintage will be
A New Classification System for Wine?
In the U.S. we have no wine classification system that is really informative. Our appellation rules ensure the origin of the grapes to a degree
Are Wine Marketers Contributing to Climate Change?
Master of Wine and all-around intellectual John Atkinson has a thoughtful and forceful challenge to the wine industry’s contribution to climate change. His premises are
Has the Debate Between Terroir vs. Varietal Been Settled?
In going through some notes for a book on the philosophy of wine I’m writing, I came across an old debate that once defined the
