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Book SynopsisIs terroir primarily a marketing ploy that obscures understanding of which environments really produce the best wine? Is reducing yield an imperative for high quality grapes and wine? What does it mean to have vines that are balanced or grapes that are physiologically mature? This title explores the myths of winegrowing.
Trade Review"Get ready to have some sacred cows of the wine trade -terroir, anyone?- toppled." Wine School of Philadelphia, Wine Gift Guide for 2015 "A must-read for any wine grape grower or winemaker who has ever wrestled with the most important myths of winegrowing or debated them with colleagues-and that would be all of us! It is also a great read for any wine consumer interested in looking at 'the man behind the curtain,' so to speak: the myths promoted by wine writers, tasting room staff, sommeliers and other wine gatekeepers." Wines & Vines "I came away from reading Matthews' essay on terroir more thoroughly convinced than ever that the idea of 'terroir' is likely the most abused and often most useless word in the world of wine... 'Terroir and Other Myths of Winegrowing' is a book that is well worth reading, particularly by those who work in the wine industry either in the vineyard, in the cellar or in marketing." -- Tom Wark Fermentation:The Daily Wine Blog "A meticulously researched volume that every serious sommelier should read ... if only to disagree." The Somm Journal "Will force you to reconsider everything you know (or thought you knew) about winemaking... Compelling, expertly researched, and just may prove to be one of the most disruptive works of wine literature ever written." Terroirist "Beautiful, useful and highly entertaining." Journal of Wine Economics "We should all read this book. We need to know what all the arguments are, and be prepared, especially when teaching or writing, to offer both schools of thought. But what I'd most like is for this to pave the way for some meaty, white-hot scientific debate. Subpoenas going out in the post." JancisRobinson.com
