{"id":839,"date":"2012-06-01T22:35:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2012-06-01T22:35:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:35:42","slug":"are-you-a-terroiriste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/are-you-a-terroiriste\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You a Terroiriste?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word <em>terroir<\/em> sounds like a less savory term we are all too familiar with and hear far too much about today, but happily <em>terroir<\/em> shares no affinity with the English word that so closely resembles it.\u00a0 So, what is <em>terroir <\/em>precisely?\u00a0 <em>Terroir<\/em> is a French word, which means literally soil or ground.\u00a0 However, when used in connection to wine or viticulture, <em>terroir<\/em> refers to the specific and often unique soil in which individual vines grow, but that is not all.\u00a0 <em>Terroir<\/em>, also, encompasses the climate, altitude, and the precise position of the vines in a vineyard.\u00a0 In essence, <em>terroir<\/em> includes the entire environment of a vineyard or even the entire surroundings and upbringing of an individual plot within a vineyard because <em>terroir<\/em> can vary considerably from one part of a vineyard to the next.\u00a0 Since English and other languages, too, lack a single word to convey as much meaning as the French word <em>terroir<\/em>, the term has become widely adapted internationally and is now a generally accepted term in English, too, especially in the wine trade and increasingly among critics and consumers alike.<\/p>\n<p>So, to answer the question, yes I am a <em>terroiriste.\u00a0 <\/em>However, I lend equal credence to the skills and multifarious choices every winemaker must make because no matter how fine the <em>terroir<\/em>, good winemaking matters, a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Votre 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