Terroir Review

Oregon, Red Wines, Twelvish, Wine Reviews

2016 Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Meunier Dundee Hills

by Meg Maker

An extraordinary varietal bottling of Pinot Meunier from Oregon’s Dundee Hills

Deirdre Heekin setting the table in her home in Barnard, Vt.

Features, People, Vermont

Cider, or Wine? Both, Says Deidre Heekin. Also: Same Thing.

Mary Morton of Eden Specialty Ciders

Cider, Features, Vermont

Vermont Terroir Cider: A Moment in Time

Jon Piana of Fable Farm

Cider, Features, Vermont

Jon Piana of Fable Farm on the Quest for Terroir Cider

Asters in the biodynamic vineyard of Calicantus in Bardolino

Features, Italy

Clearly Bardolino

Cécile Mallié Verdier

Features, France

Biodynamic in Bordeaux: “The Secret is to Work”

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indigenous, oldfangled, organic, small-batch — you get the idea

2019 Soalheiro Alvarinho Vinho Verde Monção e Melgaço

2019 Soalheiro Alvarinho Vinho Verde Monção e Melgaço

NV Birichino Grenache Old Vines Hommage à Georges Besson Central Coast

NV Birichino Grenache Old Vines Hommage à Georges Besson Central Coast

2017 Birichino Pinot Noir Enz Vineyard Lime Kiln Valley

2017 Birichino Pinot Noir Enz Vineyard Lime Kiln Valley

2017 Sutro Merlot Warnecke Ranch Alexander Valley

2017 Sutro Merlot Warnecke Ranch Alexander Valley

2018 Castoro Cellars Oakenshield Balena White Blend Paso Robles

2018 Castoro Cellars Oakenshield Balena White Blend Paso Robles

2019 Ca’ di Rajo Cuvée del Fondatore Brut Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore

2019 Ca’ di Rajo Cuvée del Fondatore Brut Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore

2018 Gallica Grenache Sonoma Valley

2018 Gallica Grenache Sonoma Valley

2017 Redentore Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Trevenezie

2017 Redentore Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Trevenezie

2019 Sutro Sauvignon Blanc Warnecke Ranch Alexander Valley

2019 Sutro Sauvignon Blanc Warnecke Ranch Alexander Valley

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Food

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Blue Ledge Farm Crottina

Blue Ledge Farm Crottina

by Meg Maker

Tangy bloomy-rind goat’s milk cheese from Vermont

Champlain Valley Creamery Triple Crème

Champlain Valley Creamery Triple Crème

by Meg Maker

Cypress Grove Midnight Moon Goat Gouda

Cypress Grove Midnight Moon Goat Gouda

by Meg Maker

A Small Good Pancetta

Pancetta from A Small Good

by Meg Maker

Boucher Blue Green Mountain Blue Cheese

Green Mountain Blue Cheese Boucher Blue

by Meg Maker

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