Author : Pedro Parra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1889937460
Terroir Footprints
Pedro Parra
Terroir
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Terroir
James E. Wilson (Geologist)
Author : James E. Wilson (Geologist)
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0520219368
Terroir by James E. Wilson (Geologist) Pdf
The French word terroir is used to describe all the ecological factors that make a particular type of wine special to the region of its origin. James E. Wilson uses his training as a geologist and his years of research in the wine regions of France to fully examine the concept of terroir. The result combines natural history, social history, and scientific study, making this a unique book that all wine connoisseurs and professionals will want close at hand. In Part One Wilson introduces the full range of environmental factors that together form terroir. He explains France's geological foundation; its soil, considered the "soul" of a vineyard; the various climates and microclimates; the vines, their history and how each type has evolved; and the role that humans--from ancient monks to modern enologists--have played in viticulture. Part Two examines the history and habitat of each of France's major wine regions. Wilson explores the question of why one site yields great wines while an adjacent site yields wines of lesser quality. He also looks at cultural influences such as migration and trade and at the adaptations made by centuries of vignerons to produce distinctive wine styles. Wilson skillfully presents both technical information and personal anecdotes, and the book's photographs, maps, and geologic renderings are extremely helpful. The appendices contain a glossary and information on the labeling of French wines. With a wealth of information explained in clear English, Wilson's book enables wine readers to understand and appreciate the mystique of terroir. The French word terroir is used to describe all the ecological factors that make a particular type of wine special to the region of its origin. James E. Wilson uses his training as a geologist and his years of research in the wine regions of France to fully examine the concept of terroir. The result combines natural history, social history, and scientific study, making this a unique book that all wine connoisseurs and professionals will want close at hand. In Part One Wilson introduces the full range of environmental factors that together form terroir. He explains France's geological foundation; its soil, considered the "soul" of a vineyard; the various climates and microclimates; the vines, their history and how each type has evolved; and the role that humans--from ancient monks to modern enologists--have played in viticulture. Part Two examines the history and habitat of each of France's major wine regions. Wilson explores the question of why one site yields great wines while an adjacent site yields wines of lesser quality. He also looks at cultural influences such as migration and trade and at the adaptations made by centuries of vignerons to produce distinctive wine styles. Wilson skillfully presents both technical information and personal anecdotes, and the book's photographs, maps, and geologic renderings are extremely helpful. The appendices contain a glossary and information on the labeling of French wines. With a wealth of information explained in clear English, Wilson's book enables wine readers to understand and appreciate the mystique of terroir.
Burgundy
Marion Demossier
Author : Marion Demossier
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785338526
Burgundy by Marion Demossier Pdf
“Demossier’s engrossing analysis of Burgundy—the wine, the place, the brand—should be imbibed (pun intended!) on many levels—and slowly, for best appreciation.”—foodanthro.com Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork, this book explores the professional, social, and cultural world of Burgundy wines, the role of terroir (the environmental factors that affect a crop's character), and its transnational deployment in China, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. It demystifies the terroir ideology by providing a unique long-term ethnographic analysis of what lies behind the concept. While the Burgundian model of terroir has gone global by acquiring UNESCO world heritage status, its very legitimacy is now being challenged amongst the vineyards where it first took root. From the introduction: Superficially then, Burgundy might appear to be simply acquiring recognition for its unchanging landscape, tradition and culture. Yet, for all the power of its rich local identity, folklore and culture which is broadcast to the world, there hides underneath the comforting blanket of this seamless place, untouched by change or conflict, a far more complex reality. Burgundy’s listing as a World Heritage landscape emphasises its international reputation as a traditional and historical site of wine production and opens a new chapter in the production and marketing of its quality, differentiation and authenticity. It is also about readjusting Burgundy and the grands crus in response to a changing global market and the shifting kaleidoscope of world wine values.
The Terroir of Whiskey
Rob Arnold
Author : Rob Arnold
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780231550895
The Terroir of Whiskey by Rob Arnold Pdf
Look at the back label of a bottle of wine and you may well see a reference to its terroir, the total local environment of the vineyard that grew the grapes, from its soil to the climate. Winemakers universally accept that where a grape is grown influences its chemistry, which in turn changes the flavor of the wine. A detailed system has codified the idea that place matters to wine. So why don’t we feel the same way about whiskey? In this book, the master distiller Rob Arnold reveals how innovative whiskey producers are recapturing a sense of place to create distinctive, nuanced flavors. He takes readers on a world tour of whiskey and the science of flavor, stopping along the way at distilleries in Kentucky, New York, Texas, Ireland, and Scotland. Arnold puts the spotlight on a new generation of distillers, plant breeders, and local farmers who are bringing back long-forgotten grain flavors and creating new ones in pursuit of terroir. In the twentieth century, we inadvertently bred distinctive tastes out of grains in favor of high yields—but today’s artisans have teamed up to remove themselves from the commodity grain system, resurrect heirloom cereals, bring new varieties to life, and recapture the flavors of specific local ingredients. The Terroir of Whiskey makes the scientific and cultural cases that terroir is as important in whiskey as it is in wine.
Terroir
Natasha Sajé
Author : Natasha Sajé
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781595349330
Terroir by Natasha Sajé Pdf
The word “terroir” refers to the climate and soil in which something is grown. Natasha Sajé applies this idea to the environments that nurture and challenge us, exploring in particular how the immigrant experience has shaped her identity. She revisits people and literature across her life, including her experiences as the child of European refugees in suburban New Jersey, taken under the wing of a widowed neighbor; a winter spent waitressing in Switzerland; her marriage to a Jamaican man in Baltimore; and finally her marriage to a woman in Salt Lake City. This memoir-in-essays combines poetic lyricism with incisive commentary on nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Reminding us that change is constant in our lives, Sajé asks how terroir creates identity. Throughout, the English language is her most fertile ground.
Wine, Terroir and Climate Change
John Gladstones
Author : John Gladstones
Publisher : Wakefield Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862549241
Wine, Terroir and Climate Change by John Gladstones Pdf
The effects of soil on wine and the other long-reaching effects that climate change will have.
Terroir
Robert Morgan
Author : Robert Morgan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781101552636
Terroir by Robert Morgan Pdf
The first full-length collection in more than a decade from the award-winning poet and author of the bestselling novel Gap Creek. Robert Morgan has won acclaim for sonorous poems rooted in his native Blue Ridge Mountains that feature taut, forceful, often haunting imagery and carefully chiseled phrases. The poems in Terroir build on his earlier work but reach out in several new directions, exploring memory, family narratives, the natural world of trees and forest animals, and the poetry of work. Readers of Morgan's fiction will recognize many places, themes, and voices, while fans of his poetry will see a fresh energy in poems drawing on science and folklore, Native American history, and music. These elegantly written poems celebrate everything from the bonds of friendship and community to the fleeting sparkle of a drop of rain, discovering wonder in the local and familiar, the sacred in the everyday.
Terroir and Other Myths of Winegrowing
Mark A. Matthews
Author : Mark A. Matthews
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520962002
Terroir and Other Myths of Winegrowing by Mark A. Matthews Pdf
"A must-read for any wine grape grower or winemaker who has ever wrestled with the most important myths of winegrowing or debated them with colleagues—and that would be all of us! It is also a great read for any wine consumer interested in looking at 'the man behind the curtain,' so to speak: the myths promoted by wine writers, tasting room staff, sommeliers and other wine gatekeepers."—Wines & Vines "A meticulously researched volume that every serious sommelier should read . . . if only to disagree." —The Somm Journal Wine is a traditional product with traditional explanations. Oft-romanticized, Old World notions of how to create fine wine have been passed down through generations and continue to dominate popular discussions of wine quality. However, many of these beliefs predate science and remain isolated from advances in the understanding of how crops grow and fruit ripens. Allegiance to them has frequently impeded open-minded investigation into how grapevines interact with the environment, thus limiting innovation in winegrowing. In Terroir and Other Myths of Winegrowing, Mark A. Matthews applies a scientist’s skepticism and scrutiny to examine widely held beliefs about viticulture. Is terroir primarily a marketing ploy that obscures understanding of which environments really produce the best wine? Is reducing yield an imperative for high quality grapes and wine? What does it mean to have vines that are balanced or grapes that are physiologically mature? Matthews explores and dissects these and other questions to debunk the myths of winegrowing that may be holding us back from achieving a higher wine quality.
Tasting French Terroir
Thomas Parker
Author : Thomas Parker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520277519
Tasting French Terroir by Thomas Parker Pdf
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir’s evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation.
Biogeosciences and Wine: the Management and Environmental Processes that Regulate the Terroir Effect in Space and Time
Simone Priori,Antonello Bonfante,Emmanuelle Vaudour,Silvia Winter,Sandro Conticelli,Luca Brillante
Author : Simone Priori,Antonello Bonfante,Emmanuelle Vaudour,Silvia Winter,Sandro Conticelli,Luca Brillante
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889711369
Biogeosciences and Wine: the Management and Environmental Processes that Regulate the Terroir Effect in Space and Time by Simone Priori,Antonello Bonfante,Emmanuelle Vaudour,Silvia Winter,Sandro Conticelli,Luca Brillante Pdf
Terroir and Other Myths of Winegrowing
Mark A. Matthews
Author : Mark A. Matthews
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520276956
Terroir and Other Myths of Winegrowing by Mark A. Matthews Pdf
"Matthews brings a scientist's skepticism and scrutiny to widely held ideas and beliefs about viticulture--often promulgated by people who have not tried to grow grapes for a living--and subjects them to critical examination: Is terroir primarily a marketing ploy that obscures our understanding of which environments really produce the best wine? Can grapevines that yield a high berry crop generate wines of high quality? What does it mean to have vines that are balanced or grapes that are fully mature? Do biodynamic practices violate biological principles? These and other questions will be addressed in a book that could alternatively be titled (in homage to a PUP bestseller) On Wine Bullshit"--Provided by publisher.
The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine
Diego Tomasi,Federica Gaiotti,Gregory V. Jones
Author : Diego Tomasi,Federica Gaiotti,Gregory V. Jones
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783034806282
The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine by Diego Tomasi,Federica Gaiotti,Gregory V. Jones Pdf
This book draws on an eight-year study carried out in the DOCG Prosecco area of Italy, a wine region known worldwide. It is unique in the sense that it is based on one of the most comprehensive investigations into terroir zoning ever performed in Italy. By drawing attention to the complex interrelations between environmental and human factors that influence the growth and production of the Glera grape, the study illustrates the distinct correlation between a wine and its ‘terroir’. It shows that the morphology of the sites, the meso and microclimate, the soil, the grapevine planting density, the trellising system, the yield of the vineyard, and the vine water status in the summer lead to unique combinations of grape maturity, acidity, and aroma that ultimately influence the sensory properties of the wines produced. Furthermore, the book details numerous technical and agronomic considerations, specific to the “Glera” grape variety, for different production strategies, including a section on the impact of climate change on cv “Glera” phenology. “The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine” represents a valuable resource for anyone involved in studies or research activities in the fields of viticulture, climatology, agronomic sciences or soil sciences, but is also of interest to vine growers, professionals in the wine industry, and wine enthusiasts in general.
Terror Terroir
Andrew W. M. Smith
Author : Andrew W. M. Smith
Publisher : Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-07
Category : France
ISBN : 1526131897
Terror Terroir by Andrew W. M. Smith Pdf
Terror and terroir investigates the Comite Regional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a loose affiliation of militant winegrowers in the sun-drenched, southern vineyards of the Languedoc. Since 1961, they have fought to protect their livelihood. They were responsible for sabotage, bombings, hijackingsand even the shooting of a policeman. Against the backdrop of European integration and decolonisation they have rallied around banners of Resistance and their strong Republican heritage, whilst their peasant protests fed into Occitan and anti-globalisation movements.At heart, however, the CRAV remain farmers championing the right of people to live and work the land. Between the romantic mythology of terroir, and the misguided, passionate violence of terror, this book unpicks the contentious issues of regionalism, protest and violence. It offers an insight intoa neglected area of France's past, infused with one of the most potent symbols of French culture: wine.
Tasting French Terroir
Thomas Parker
Author : Thomas Parker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520961333
Tasting French Terroir by Thomas Parker Pdf
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir’s evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation.
Italy's Native Wine Grape Terroirs
Ian D'Agata
Author : Ian D'Agata
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520290754
Italy's Native Wine Grape Terroirs by Ian D'Agata Pdf
Italy’s Native Wine Grape Terroirs is the definitive reference book on the myriad crus and the grand cru wine production areas of Italy’s native wine grapes. Ian D’Agata’s approach to discussing wine, both scientific and discursive, provides an easy-to-read, enjoyable guide to Italy’s best terroirs. Descriptions are enriched with geologic data, biotype and clonal information, producer anecdotes and interviews, and facts and figures compiled over fifteen years of research devoted to wine terroirs. In-depth analysis is provided for the terroirs that produce both the well-known wines (Barolo, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino) and those not as well-known (Grignolino d’Asti, Friuli Colli Orientali Picolit, Ischia). Everyday wine lovers, beginners, and professionals alike will find this new book to be the perfect complement to D’Agata’s previous award-winning Native Wine Grapes of Italy.