If you talk about terroir outside of context of what you find in a wine glass, does anyone really care? On this quandary, and the vivid examples of terroir driven wines I found this past week in West Sonoma Coast’s Freestone Vineyards.
Re https://caparoso.substack.com/p/why-terroir-is-like-a-tree-falling
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Why terroir is like a tree falling in a forest
If you talk about terroir outside of context of what you find in a glass, does anyone really care?
The Wine Clarion by Randy CaparosoWe’ve Been Cloning Pinot Noir Grapes for Over 600 Years, and the Proof is in a Medieval Toilet
Pinot noir grapes growing near the village of Bué, France. Image via Wiki Commons. Few things have remained unchanged since the 15th century, but this grape …
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Unkel Atlas 2023 aus Neuseeland ist für mich der perfekte Pinot Noir: saftige rote Frucht, wenig Ausbau-Makeup, viel Trinkfluss und Crunch statt Vanille.
Mehr dazu im Blog: : https://www.einfreun.de/allgemein/unkel-atlas-2023/
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Unkel – Atlas 2023
Pinot Noir, wie man ihn sich nachts um drei herbeiwünscht: Atlas 2023 von Unkel aus Neuseeland ist filigran und komplex, zugleich dezent und vollmundig, mit diesem leisen, aber enorm druckvollen Au…
wwW.einfreun.deA scientific study shows that the pinot noir grape variety has not changed in 600 years
https://tinyurl.com/2knt827c via @arainenglish
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"Joan of Arc was able to bite into the same grape as us": Pinot Noir already existed in the Middle Ages - Dining and Cooking
Found in the famous wines of Champagne as well as those of the Côte d'Or, Pinot Noir is an emblematic grape variety of French vineyards – and quite possibly
Dining and CookingToday’s Pinot Noir already existed in France in the Middle Ages.
A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilets of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still used today to produce Pinot Noir, scientists announced on Tuesday.
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Today’s Pinot Noir already existed in France in the Middle Ages.
A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilets of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still used today to produce Pinot Noir, scientists announced on Tuesday.
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