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Montalcino and the Hunt for Terroir

Marisa D'Vari
Feature Stories
4 min read
“It was the 1995 Soldera [Brunello] that did it,” laughs Jan Hendrik Erbach, co-owner of Pian‘dell Orino in Montalcino with wife Caroline Pobitzer. A rustically attractive man with the charisma of a TV talk show host and the Einstein-like brain of crack geologist, Jan’s passion for terroir is easily conveyed

Argumentum ad Naturam: Reviewing “Wine From Here”

Tom Mansell
Features
4 min read
Wine From Here: Natural Wine in California is a documentary film self-financed and produced by brothers Martin Carel and Matthieu Tanguay-Carel. The film focuses on interviews with California winemakers and natural wine advocates, including the wise and eloquent Paul Draper-read more-

The Other Side of Terroir

Mary Cressler
Features
7 min read
The sense of place extends beyond just the winemaking process. It should also extend to the wine consumption process. The word terroir describes the many unique aspects of a location that influence a wine specific to a region, or as-read more-

A sense of place, under your feet

Russ Beebe
Features
4 min read
Have you ever grown a vegetable garden? If you’ve poured your body, mind and heart into gardening through the seasons, you’ve probably learned that the harvest you reap is a factor of not only what you sow but the location-read more-