Terroir

WHY CYPRIOT WINE STANDS A GREAT CHANCE

It’s tough enough these days if you’ve got an established “brand” on the wine shelves of the world. Everyone’s got their struggles. The Chileans are trying to get everyone to trade up, the Argentinians are trying to say they’ve got more than just Malbec, even the French are trying to reinvent most of the famous …

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#NWTW Week 29: Growing Cabernet Franc In The Loire

Before you start reading, don’t worry yourself.  It’s not going to be another geography lesson.  I’ll keep it mercifully short (hopefully).  You might have to put up with a bit of geology, but sod it, you’ll just have to live with that.  Today’s post is about why the Loire is a great place for Cabernet …

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The Best of Burgundy #4: We All Live In Terroir

The more you drink wine or spend time at wine dinners or tastings or what-have-you, you’ll hear this term pop up. Terroir (pronounced tare-wahr). Obviously it’s a french word but it’s now used pretty much across the world to describe the same thing. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is… 

…well it’s everything really. Well let’s …

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