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Terroir

Bringing Raclette Home

culture magazine | Posted 04.27.2013 | Taste
culture magazine

Learn about the difficulties as well as the benefits of this type of cheese making, as well as how terroir and the idea of a cheese tied to a location changes when that cheese is made in a new location.

The Wine Merchant Who Brought Us Terroir

Zester Daily | Posted 02.12.2013 | Taste
Zester Daily

Forty years ago, Kermit Lynch abandoned the handmade purse industry and opened a wine shop in Berkeley, Calif., and in doing so, became one of the great innovators of the field.

Oyster Farmers Embrace The Concept Of Terroir

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 12.16.2012 | Home

SOLOMONS, Md. (AP) — So you've embraced the concept of terroir, the notion that the land influences the character of the foods and wines produced on...

Understanding Burgundy: Birthplace of "Terroir"

Richard Jennings | Posted 04.30.2012 | San Francisco
Richard Jennings

What is it about Burgundy that makes its wines among the world's most cherished, imitated and expensive?

Terroir: The Dividing Line In Wine

Brad Haskel | Posted 10.10.2011 | Home
Brad Haskel

For those of us whose passion for wine is far greater than casual, technically-correct wine is okay, but hardly exciting. Exciting wine needs personality and charm. Personality and charm start with something that makes one wine unique from another.

The 'New Jersey Terroir' Of The Bent Spoon's Ice Cream

Liza de Guia | Posted 08.29.2011 | Home
Liza de Guia

"The model was the starving, but well fed artist. We went in figuring we're going to make what we want and how we want it, and do it the best we can a...

Bruce Neyers: Proof That Vision and Hard Work Pays

Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Brad Haskel

If timing is everything, then Bruce Neyers entered the wine industry with impeccable timing. The 1970s brought about a re-birth to California wine, an...

Defining Artisanal Wine: 5 Wine Pros Try

Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Brad Haskel

What is an artisanal wine, and what are the factors that are necessary to call a wine artisanal? I posed this question to five wine industry l...

Greg La Follette and La Follette Wines: Artistic Expression in a Liquid Form

Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Brad Haskel

Greg La Follette's wines talk to you. They implore you take another sip, find another nuance, look for another slight complexity of flavor.

Wine, Music, and the Terroiriste Threat

Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Alex Henry

Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry, is an excellent short book by Jean-Robert Pitte, who says that terroir, that principle sacred to French winemakers, isn't everything.