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| | Terroir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Terroir was originally a French term in wine and coffee appreciation used to denote the special characteristics of geography that bestowed individuality upon the food product. | | | Oenophiles use the concept of terroir to refer to wines that are distinctive and unique to their place of origin. | | | In wine, the Burgundy region is the high temple of "top-level terroir"; i.e. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroir
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| | Terroir |
| | Terroir is a mediating agent of the mystical property of transubstantiation where a wine can be both a wine and a place at the same time. | | | They could well have permitted Riesling to grow in Montrachet, with their faith in terroir giving them the confidence that the resulting wine would be reflective more of Montrachet, the region, than of the grape or grapes that made the wine. | | | Terroir is the quality that confers uniqueness and ultimately gives wine a sort of soul, an element that persists long after the wine maker has passed on. |
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http://www.beekmanwine.com/prevtopar.htm
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| | Terroir: towards a working definition |
| | It isn't possibly to taste the 'terroir' in a wine, unless you are comparing wines produced from different vineyard sites, or you have prior knowledge of the wine. | | | The minerals in the soil may be fortuitously imparting chalky notes to the wine indirectly by altering the vine's metabolism, but you'd only be able to tell this by comparing this wine with one made from the same grapes grown on different soils and vinified in a similar way. | | | As you can see, since I claim that "terroir" is the ecology of a wine, it follows logically that all wines will have a certain terroir. |
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http://www.wineanorak.com/terroir2.htm
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| | Oliveto Restaurant and Cafe: "Terroir: Paul Bertolli" |
| | The goal of the Moscato maker is to "put the grapes in the bottle." Unlike other wines, which undergo a period of transformation in aging, Moscato is drunk as fresh as possible. | | | Whether on a small geographical scale or larger one, the term terroir is used to describe the whole complex of environmental factors that shape the flavor of a wine or food irrespective of genetics. | | | So it occurred to us that the idea of terroir, which is more commonly used to describe the unique character of a wine and its soil, could be extended to include food crops, animals, and fish. |
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http://www.oliveto.com/terroir.html
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| | Wine Lovers Page Lexicon |
| | Literally "soil" in French, a term widely used by wine hobbyists (sometimes as gout de terroir) in reference to the flavors and aromas that soil and geography impart to a wine. |
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http://www.wineloverspage.com/cgi-bin/lexicon/gd.cgi?w=169
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| | Saintsbury on Terroir |
| | Yet it is not the relatively static influence of terroir that alone affects the final character of the grape. | | | One simple way to think about terroir is to define it as a place with the potential to grow grapes that have the possibility of making compelling wines. | | | Yet it is really impossible to say if it is the terroir of a vineyard or the hand of the winemaker that is more responsible for the final character of a wine. |
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http://www.saintsbury.com/college_terroir.html
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| | Terroir Languedoc - Providing fine wine from the Terroir region |
| | Terroir Languedoc - Providing fine wine from the Terroir region | | | We are the proud winner of a 2004 Wine Challenge award for the most aesthetic wine list. | | | We do this because it gives us an in-depth appreciation of the 'terroir' and the unique combination of producer and place that creates each vintage. |
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http://www.terroirlanguedoc.co.uk
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| | Work Vineyard - Terroir |
| | What the French call “terroir” – the soils, the temperatures, and the climate – combine to allow our vineyard the unique microclimate to produce Sauvignon Blanc grapes that are true to the type, exploding with fruit and highlighted with herbal and mineral undertones. |
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http://www.workvineyard.com/Terroir.htm
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| | Mechanisms of terroir: how soils affect the taste of wine |
| | The notion of terroir is fundamental to the wine industries of old world countries such as France, Italy and Germany. | | | This turn-around is because new world wine growers have realized that one of the keys to wine quality is starting with grapes that show homogeneous (even) levels of ripeness, and the recognition of the role that natural variation within and between their vineyards plays. | | | Even though he’s from California, Grahm is actually one of the most eloquent proponents of terroir, and he had the unusual idea of bypassing the vine and adding rocks directly to wine, to investigate their influence on flavour. |
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http://www.wineanorak.com/mechanisms_terroir1.htm
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| | Terroir plays no role, study finds - decanter.com - the route to all good wine |
| | Influential members of the wine business do agree that wines can be well made anywhere in the world but they are unshaken in their belief that terroir adds complexity and depth. | | | The study threatens the long-held belief that the best French wines are unbeatable because of their terroir — an inimitable combination of soil, climate and topography. | | | The information was entered into a database in order to compare terroir characteristics with winemaking techniques for 100 vineyards in the region. |
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http://www.decanter.com/news/62518.html
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| | Terroir Select Coffees - All About Terroir |
| | Terroir™ Select Coffee was created in early 2004 to forge a new kind of partnership with coffee growers – one which recognizes their fundamental role and identity in the production of high quality coffees. | | | We believe that one should not blend truly fine coffees, just like one does not blend fine wines, because they are already complete statements. | | | My experience, reputation and accumulated good will in the specialty coffee industry is, in no small part, helping us launch Terroir™. |
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http://info.terroircoffee.com/about
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| | terroir Definition in the Wine Dictionary at Epicurious.com |
| | When French wine producers use the term terroir, it not only includes reference to the type of soil (chalky, claylike, gravelly, sandy), but also to other geographic factors that might influence the quality of the finished wine like altitude, position relative to the sun, angle of incline, and water drainage. | | | terroir Definition in the Wine Dictionary at Epicurious.com | | | In the United States, wine producers use the term |
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http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/wine_dictionary/entry?id=8177
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| | french wine a day: April 1, 2005 |
| | Besides the need to have the vines planted in a delimited area, the vineyard must respect grape typicity, not overcome certain yields and submit the wines to a tasting every vintage, this to insure quality. | | | Certifies you that a wine is coming from a defined area know for its "terroir". | | | Most prominent in red wines where it creates a dry and puckering sensation which can dry your mouth. |
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http://a-la-recherche-du-vin.typepad.com/french_wine_a_day/2005/04/01
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| | An Obsession with Food: 12.2004 |
| | Goode tries to nail down a definition of terroir, the concept that wine or food uniquely reflects its place of birth (this term is most often used in wine, but others apply it to cheese, bread, teas, coffee and chocolate, among others). | | | Wilson is a geologist, but he's not unaware of the role that history plays in shaping a region's wines. | | | In the Old World at least, wines evolved alongside the region's cuisine, because you drank the wine with your meal. |
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http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2004_12_01_blog-archive.html
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| | Wines & Vines: The trouble with terroir |
| | Asking if a wine reflects its terroir is not like asking if it has completed malolactic fermentation. | | | Without someone to plant the vineyard and make the wine, there's no way to taste terroir. | | | There are winemakers who insist that ambient yeast and a resident malolactic bacterial population are essential parts of the profile of a terroir, and others, equally devoted to site-specific wines, who think those assertions are silly. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3488/is_11_85/ai_n8576726
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| | Bannockburn Vineyards |
| | In style it is strongly reminiscent of the northern Rhone - so perhaps terroir is as much in the cellar as in the vineyard. |
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http://www.bannockburnvineyards.com/Reviews.htm
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| | Hungerford Hill Wines: Terroir Restaurant and Wine Bar |
| | This marriage of the right conditions with the right grape variety is called Terroir. | | | Terroir of Spanish Wines Dinner [54 Kb PDF] | | | Great wines require not just great winemaking but also great sites with the best possible combination of soil, aspect and climate for the grape varieties being grown. |
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http://www.hungerfordhill.com.au/terroir
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| | The Wine News Magazine - America's Pinot Noir Zones - Defining Ideal Terroir for a Fragile Grape |
| | The estate bottling ($30 range) utilizes grapes from both hillside vineyards; the 1997 shows appealing aromas and flavors of dark cherry, raspberry and cinnamon, enhanced by subtle notes of dried herbs and French oak. | | | The fruit component is more black cherry and raspberry, compared to the red cherry and strawberry of Carneros, and the varietal characteristic of soft, sensuous texture is well rendered and absolutely seductive. | | | For the serious Pinotphile, his two vineyard-designated wines are irresistible expressions of terroir. |
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http://www.thewinenews.com/augsep99/pinot.html
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| | Dr. Vino's wine blog: Talking terroir |
| | Granted, "terroir" may be one of the most irritatingly vague and slippery words in the wine growers' and wine critic's vocabulary. | | | Put a slightly different way, we want to distinguish between two sources of influence on the flavour of any given wine. | | | Pouring one million cases: wine at Olive Garden |
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http://drvino.blogspot.com/2005/10/talking-terroir.html
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| | Wine Glossary: an A to Z of wine |
| | Although such wines may be bottled as single-vintage colheita Ports, they are usually blended as a tawny of either 10, 20, 30 or 40 years of age, each comprising a blend of wines which average out at the age declared on the label. | | | It refers to the external influences on the ripening grapes, including the soils (depth and type), bedrock, exposure to sun and wind, water table and so on. | | | The texture of a wine describes how the wine feels in the mouth - is it silky, velvety, rounded, or smooth? |
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http://www.thewinedoctor.com/glossary/t.shtml
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| | Terroir '06 |
| | Expressions of Terroir in Vine and Grape Physiology | | | “Terroir” refers to the influence of the natural environment on the growing of grapes and the production of wine. | | | This conference will explore how aspects of terroir can be studied scientifically in ways that are of use to the wine industry. |
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http://terroir.ucdavis.edu
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| | Malivoire Wine Company |
| | Putting theory into practice, Malivoire assessed the wines made from the vineyard he had purchased in 1995. | | | After traveling in and studying the classic vineyards of the world, Martin Malivoire theorized that the Beamsville Bench of the Niagara Peninsula offers many features similar to the great vineyards of Alsace and Burgundy. | | | Here aspect, soil, drainage, airflow and other meso-climatic factors combine to produce uniqueness in our wines &; “le goût de terroir.” |
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http://www.malivoirewineco.com/home.html
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| | George Howell's Terroir Select Coffees |
| | It is our goal at Terroir to find these high quality, single origin, boutique lots, and roast them with a light touch to bring out their unique flavors. | | | We have discovered the joy of truly fine coffees, and look forward to sharing that experience with you. | | | This is still a frontier, where great qualities in many countries must be searched for like needles in a haystack. |
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http://www.terroircoffee.com
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| | Glossary Definition - Terroir |
| | There is no exact translation in English, but 'terroir' is an important concept in the expression of the origin of wine. | | | Describes all the influences on the flavors in the wine that come from where the vines grow, especially soil, climate, slope, the aspect of the slope. |
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http://www.robertmondavi.com/WineFacts/glossaryWord.asp?GlossaryID=53
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| | Wine Links |
| | Terroir de France - interesting, with lots of background information on French wines | | | Bordeaux Wine Tours - how about a chauffeur-driven tour? | | | World Winery Index - Travel Envoy's wine guide |
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http://www.grape-nutz.com/links.html
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| | Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog: Authenticity in Wine?...Yea, Why Not! |
| | Korbel infuriates the French with their "California Champagne" labels, but they know it helps with the confusion at their price point. | | | Perhaps labeling authentic Champagne as "Appellation Champagne" would be better? | | | Using terms such as claret, Haut-Sauterne, hock, Marsala,, Moselle, port, retsina, Sauterne and Tokay on bottles from places other than these places are set to go by the wayside. |
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http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2005/12/authenticity_in.html
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| | Jay Farrar - News |
| | Louis' role in creating and nurturing the blues is well known, but the notion of "terroir" in the album's title is also a nod to St. Louis' strong French influence - which can be found today in its avenues named "Gravois," its boulevards named "Carondelet" and its streets named "Dodier." | | | Louis and its environs have been a crossroads for centuries - and Terroir Blues is planted firmly in that soil. | | | Thus, the musical textures found on Terroir Blues vary widely. |
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http://www.jayfarrar.net/discs/terroirblues.htm
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| | Hawkes Bay Restaurant: Terroir |
| | Savor the terroir of another bottle; for the driver and kids, the ice cream is pretty huge, too. | | | Terroir, the winery’s French restaurant, is both grand and rustic: stone floors under a high wood ceiling, tables outside beneath the giant North Island sky, and simple roasts sending nice smells from the wood oven. | | | Despite the known pleasures of winery-hopping and the regions natural splendors, lunch on the terrace here defeats one’s urge to roam. |
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http://www.craggyrange.com/wineries/restaurant
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| | Terroir Select Coffees |
| | It can be used for any purchase on the Terroir website and it’s the perfect gift for any coffee aficionado. | | | Don't know what to get your friend or loved one? |
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http://www.terroircoffee.com/store
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