: the combination of factors including soil, climate, and sunlight that gives wine grapes their distinctive character
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The county is home to 40 wineries along the Monticello Wine Trail, which offer a taste of the innovative practices that make this area and its terroir something to savor.
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Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
Indeed, for centuries, salt was a distinctly local product, an expression of both terroir and technique—Hawaii’s blood-red crystals, for example, or the gray, pebbly salt of France’s western coast.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
The unique Andean terroir, alongside the elevation, provides Bolivian winemakers with interesting earth elements to innovate—and a unique product as the result.
—Marianne Perez-Fransius, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
There are many different factors that go into how a whiskey tastes, and some would argue that the barrel is the most impactful and that the act of distillation eliminates any element of terroir (Ireland’s Waterford Whisky would forcefully beg to differ, however).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 June 2024
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Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
Indeed, for centuries, salt was a distinctly local product, an expression of both terroir and technique—Hawaii’s blood-red crystals, for example, or the gray, pebbly salt of France’s western coast.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
The unique Andean terroir, alongside the elevation, provides Bolivian winemakers with interesting earth elements to innovate—and a unique product as the result.
—Marianne Perez-Fransius, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
There are many different factors that go into how a whiskey tastes, and some would argue that the barrel is the most impactful and that the act of distillation eliminates any element of terroir (Ireland’s Waterford Whisky would forcefully beg to differ, however).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 June 2024
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“Terroir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terroir. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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