That said, there are a few areas where a bit of knowledge can benefit us in our appreciation of wine. And one of those might well be the nerdiest bit of info on that tech sheet: soil type.

There are infinite variations on the basic soil categories of clay, sand, loam, limestone, chalk, gravel, etc. —every terroir is unique!—but there is no universal “best” soil. What works best where ...

Walking through Joseph Cattin’s Le Clos Madelon Alsatian vineyard, it’s hard to imagine it once being a World War I battleground. The fully covered ground is soft, sponge-like under foot.

I doubt soil type per se can ever be a useful touchstone to split a restaurant’s inventory in groups of similarly tasting wines, which after all is the purpose of any list.

A tasting of Henri d'Assay’s wines shows quite clearly the versatility ... Côtes de Gascogne in south-western France is a good soil type for white grapes. This is the beautiful Armagnac region ...

The offices are surrounded by Nekia silty loam, a more affable soil type for agriculture, and are planted to wine grapes. The Web Soil Survey has its limits, as users will discover. The 28-acre ...

Etna volcano in Sicily! As such, we're delighted to have Winemaker Pietro Russo join us to answer the question: How Do ...