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Terroir [by James E. Wilson ; foreword by Hugh Johnson].

By: Wilson, James E.
Publisher: London ; Mitchell Beazley, 1998Description: 336 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.ISBN: 1840000333.Other title: Terroir : the role of geology, climate and culture in the making of French wines.Subject(s): Wine and wine making -- France | Geology -- FranceDDC classification: 663.200944
Contents:
Foreword by Hugh Johnson.- Introduction.- Part One: Elements of the French terroirs: 1. The habitat: what makes good grapes. About slopes. Soil, soul of the vineplant. Climate. Lineage of the grapevine. The part that man played.- Appendices: Terroir, a unique French term. Glossary of terms.- Part Two: Where the wines grow.- 2. Champagne: chalk country.- 3. Alsace: granite slopes, marly hills.- 4. Burgundy: parade of cap-rock scarps.- 5. Aquitaine: a basin filled with rivers, geology, and history.- 6. Bordeaux: gravel mounds, limestone plateaux.- 7. The Southwest: river terraces, sheets of molasse.- 8. The Loire: converging rivers, chalk hills, ancient rocks.- 9. The Kimmeridgian Chain: a band of chalky scarps.- 10. Auvergne-Bourdonnais: a rift shadowed by volcanic peaks.- 11. The Rhone and the Southeast: rootless mountans- shear geology.- 12. Languedoc-Roussillon: battered rocks, relentless sun.- Bibliography.- Acknowledgments.- Index.- Photographic credits.
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"Terroir (tair-wahr), a French term meaning total elements of the vineyard."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword by Hugh Johnson.- Introduction.- Part One: Elements of the French terroirs: 1. The habitat: what makes good grapes. About slopes. Soil, soul of the vineplant. Climate. Lineage of the grapevine. The part that man played.- Appendices: Terroir, a unique French term. Glossary of terms.- Part Two: Where the wines grow.- 2. Champagne: chalk country.- 3. Alsace: granite slopes, marly hills.- 4. Burgundy: parade of cap-rock scarps.- 5. Aquitaine: a basin filled with rivers, geology, and history.- 6. Bordeaux: gravel mounds, limestone plateaux.- 7. The Southwest: river terraces, sheets of molasse.- 8. The Loire: converging rivers, chalk hills, ancient rocks.- 9. The Kimmeridgian Chain: a band of chalky scarps.- 10. Auvergne-Bourdonnais: a rift shadowed by volcanic peaks.- 11. The Rhone and the Southeast: rootless mountans- shear geology.- 12. Languedoc-Roussillon: battered rocks, relentless sun.- Bibliography.- Acknowledgments.- Index.- Photographic credits.