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Feature Article
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Appellation is Not Terroir
There is no point scale for terroir. There is no point scale for appellation either. Dan Berger responds to critics who say appellations are a myth. He thinks that's a myth-stake.
by
Dan Berger
February 17, 2009
hen you pick up a bottle of a Pinot Noir from California’s Central Coast and it has none of the green-herbal notes that mark the region’s Pinots, you may wonder how it got that way. Chances are the meddling hand of a human being got in the way of what nature usually provides for such wines.
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