Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The aggregate characteristics of the environment in which a food or wine is produced, including regional and local climate, soil, and topography.
- noun The flavor imparted to a food or wine by such characteristics.
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- noun The complete set of local conditions in which a particular
wine or family of wines is produced, including soil-type, weather conditions, topography and wine-making savoir-faire.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term "terroir" talks of a uniqueness of place, and at least in my case, this is the element that divides the wine trade from more commercial or industrial wine to very unique and interesting wine.
Brad Haskel: Four Factors That Have Changed -- and Are Changing -- the Wine World Brad Haskel 2011
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The word terroir is also used in an extended sense to describe the soil together with the associated climatic conditions of a district or a vineyard; the English equivalent might be microclimate.
Brad Haskel: Terroir: The Dividing Line in Wine Brad Haskel 2011
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The term "terroir" talks of a uniqueness of place, and at least in my case, this is the element that divides the wine trade from more commercial or industrial wine to very unique and interesting wine.
Brad Haskel: Four Factors That Have Changed -- and Are Changing -- the Wine World Brad Haskel 2011
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The word terroir is also used in an extended sense to describe the soil together with the associated climatic conditions of a district or a vineyard; the English equivalent might be microclimate.
Brad Haskel: Terroir: The Dividing Line in Wine Brad Haskel 2011
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Wine producers and enthusiasts use the term "terroir," from the French terre meaning land, to refer to the special characteristics of a place that impart unique qualities to the wine produced.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Robert Stavins 2011
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Wine producers and enthusiasts use the term "terroir," from the French terre meaning land, to refer to the special characteristics of a place that impart unique qualities to the wine produced.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Robert Stavins 2011
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He explained that these stones are part of the terroir (the closest word in English for terroir is soil, but many vines can grow in rocky, sandy, clay, gravel, and limestone conditions, so the term terroir is used) in which the vines grow in the Pouilly-Fumé region.
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"terroir," a French word that refers to the special characteristics that a specific landscape contributes to winemaking.
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The discussion of terroir is totally incomprehensible.
Of Bicyclettes, terroir, typicité: Over on HuffPo… | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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The influence of terroir is ALL of the factors involving the particular place where a particular lot of grapes have been grown.
Rocks for shocks: geologists don’t “debunk” terroir; minerality questioned | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
chained_bear commented on the word terroir
Learned here.
April 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word terroir
see also mridangam.
April 9, 2008
whichbe commented on the word terroir
(F.) The situation in which wine is made.
May 13, 2008
TouchPro commented on the word terroir
"terroir" is the unique quality that a region of origin imparts on something. Most used for wine, but there is no reason it can't include a personage, e.g. the terrior of a midwesterner.
June 22, 2009