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Joanne Close explores the complex concept of terroir in wine, breaking it down into its components and discussing its significance in wine character.

Episode 115: What Is Terroir? Breaking Down Wine's Most Untranslatable Word Host: Joanne Close Episode Length: 9:37 Release Date: June 11th Join the Wine Educate Newsletter Get wine tips, episode updates, and exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe at https://mailchi.mp/6648859973ba/newsletter Level 2 Mock Exam Bundle If terroir and how climate, soil, and site come together to shape a wine's character is the kind of topic that makes you want extra practice before exam day, the Level 2 Mock Exam Bundle is built for exactly that. It includes practice questions modeled on the real WSET Level 2 exam format, helping you test your understanding of these foundational concepts before you sit the real thing. https://joanne-close.mykajabi.com/offers/xeXeiyop/checkout Episode Description Joanne is recording this episode from a tiny stone cottage at the top of a mountain in the south of France, and the setting could not be more fitting. This week she tackles terroir, a word every wine student encounters early on but one that resists a single tidy definition. Rather than offering a textbook answer, Joanne breaks the concept down into its parts and walks through how each one shows…

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Host: Joanne Close

Topics covered

• terroir
• wine education
• WSET
• climate
• soil
• vineyard management

Keywords

• terroir
• wine
• climate
• soil
• WSET
• vineyard
• appellation

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Organizations: WSET

Places: south of France

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