As a wine-scribe-type-guy, I absolutely despise writing about terroir. If there is another term (aside from “optimal ripeness“) that is more flippantly overused in the wine business than terroir, I am unaware of it. In fact, its overuse – and the fear that it engenders – is so ingrained in me that I am incapable…
Tag: Monferrato Moves
My Name’s *Still* Barbera (Monferrato Moves 2: Terroir Monferrato)
For those of you not (yet!) following along with my Northern Italian gig at My Name is Barbera, the second installment in the video series there is now available. In this episode, I talk about the dreaded “T” word – terroir – with respect to the unique landscape of the region, to the backdrop of…