Enogeology: rock and wine

The array of flavours contained in wine is not just down to the grape variety, the location of the vineyard and the type of wine press used; it also comes from the soil and thus the geological subsurface. Rock and soil could be described as the primary sources of the terroir and thus, the wine itself.TerroirTerroir comprises all the natural factors of a landscape that influence the

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Enogeology

Tags: Portrait of Switzerland, Society and Culture, Agriculture, Soils, Geology
Spatial extent: Switzerland
Time: 2018