"A goût de terroir is the result of complex interactions between many factors, such as grape variety, geology of the soil, climate and microclimate, topography, native yeasts and microbes, nearby vegetation and vinification."

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http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/...-still-matters

aesthete8 wrote:
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> http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/...-still-matters

I agree completely. And I'm Italian...

"And what diversity. Here is a country whose wine styles range from
Muscadet to Châteauneuf-du-Pape, from Beaujolais Nouveau to Château
d'Yquem and from every imaginable point in between"

Some of the points in between deserve to be cardinal points of the
variety map: Vin Jaune for example, but also Loire chenins and
sauvignons, Alsace gewurz. I think that the remarkable variety of wines
extends beyond France, if not by much... Mosel Rieslings, Tokaj, Jerez,
Rust.

I love Italian wines, but there is a certain uniformity compared to the
explosive variety in France, even Switzerland goes to greater extremes.



--
Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail