The Whole Foods Market in Winston-Salem, NC, sells wine grapes by the pound. a pound for “Organic Red Grenache Wine Grapes,&# “Organic Green French Colombard Wine Grapes,&# and “Organic Black Carignane Wine Grapes.&# Taste the difference, pre-wine! Or maybe it is another DYI wine thing ? Thanks, Mark , for the cameraphone pic! MORE >>

Rodriguez said that when he presented the idea of a terroir-based bottling to the 17 or so growers who had provided grapes to Remelluri, they were overjoyed. Telmo Rodriguez was in full cry when I met him in New York City recently. Although the 50-year-old “driving winemaker” studied enology in Bordeaux, worked a vintage at J.L. MORE >>

Two years and several inches of goatee later, Paul Grieco and chef Marco Canora of Hearth Restaurant open a second branch of Terroir wine bar today. The venue features a similar menu and innovative wine list as the other location, now known as Terroir EVil. See pix from the original opening for the goatee watch.) MORE >>

Burgundy News burgundy jeanne-marie du cjamps terroirOne of the most fabulous things about Manhattan is that one has no need to jump on a jet to explore exotic wine regions, as the regions themselves come to us. On March 16, Burgundy Wines came to Manhattan to educate journalists about "the lesser known village appellations from Burgundy." MORE >>

2) That thing we call Terroir: The language that you cite comes from INAO texts, the decrets by which appellations are defined. IMHO terroir applies to that which is immutable: the soils, the subsoils, the elevation, the exposition, the opening of the countryside, the microclimate. It is not an appellation. We all start somewhere. MORE >>