About this episode

Maggie and Emily explore wine-related terminology with educator Nora Murphy and others.

Maggie and Emily learn the words from “terroir” and “noble rot” from wine educator Nora Murphy. They discover “apisoir” with Michael Alberty and “aha-mnesty” with C. Brian Smith. Poem by Emily: Terroir.

People in this episode

Hosts: Maggie Rowe, Emily Garces

Guest: Nora Murphy

Topics covered

• wine terminology
• terroir
• noble rot
• language learning
• education

Keywords

• terroir
• noble rot
• wine education
• language
• apisoir
• aha-mnesty

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Terroir

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