Wine 101: Wine, Explained Well

Terroir is the way a place shapes a wine: its climate, soil, landscape and living things, and the knowledge the people there built up about farming it and making wine from it. This guide checks seven common beliefs about terroir against published research, from soil and old vines to microbes, climate change and wine law.

A deep examination of how phenolic maturity shapes wine quality, from vineyard development to harvest decisions and cellar consequences. Introduction Every harvest decision comes down to…

Soil affects wine through the water, warmth and nutrients it gives the vine. The grapes do not take on the taste of the minerals in the soil. This guide covers nine soil types, from limestone and clay to slate and volcanic rock, and the wines grown on each.

Organic wine is made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, and vinified under certified rules that limit additives. It offers verifiable, chemical-free farming.

Biodynamic wine comes from grapes farmed biodynamically, a holistic organic-plus method based on Rudolf Steiner’s ideas that treats the vineyard as one living ecosystem, using natural preparations and a lunar calendar.

Organic farming represents one of the most significant shifts in modern agriculture, moving away from dependence on synthetic chemicals toward practices that work in harmony with…

Terroir is the favorite word of winemakers, vignerons, sommeliers, and wine lovers. It's used in various contexts and sometimes with shifting meaning. But what does terroir…