The claim that terroir is an illusion used to be bandied about with some regularity. Thankfully, it seems to have receded as a topic of
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The Culture of Terroir
Whenever we stumble upon a truth, we are quite likely making some other truth more obscure. We can never see everything whole, and shining a
Terroir Makes You Think
I have never been one to complain about varietal labeling. It’s convenient for consumers and the varietal of grape is an important indicator of what
War On Wine Wut?
I know writers at the NY Times typically don’t write their own headlines so we probably shouldn’t blame Alex Halberstadt, but this headline “Maggie Harrison’s
The Terroirists Win!
This is interesting in itself from a “look what we can do” perspective: What if it were possible to prove that every vineyard soil, anywhere
Technology vs. Terroir
Are technological developments robbing wine of its authenticity? asks Vicki Denig in Wine Searcher. That depends on what you mean by that troubled word “authenticity.”
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 