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Taste the Limestone, Smell the Slate by Alex Maltman (Book Review)

Posted on 25/04/2025 by dccrossley

Between 2010 and 2016 I subscribed to wine’s perhaps most serious journal, World of Fine Wine. On occasion I was able to see my own words on their pages, but back then it was, mostly if not entirely, a bastion … Continue reading →

Posted in Geology and Wine, Minerals and Wine, Subjectivity in Wine Tasting, Tasting Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing | Tagged Académie du Vin Library, Geology and Wine, Kaolin as a Wine Sunscreen, Minerality Debate, Minerals as Metaphor in Wine Tasting, Professor Alex Maltman, Properties of Wine's Underlying Bedrock, Rocks and Wine, Taste the Limestone Smell the Slate (Review), Vine Nutrient Uptake, Vineyard Soils, Wine Book Review, Wine Geology of Great Britain, Wine writing | 3 Comments
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