Writing about Wine

Robert C. Ulin

Chapter Chapter 3 in Wine, Society, and Globalization, 2007, pp 43-62 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is often argued that quality wines come from vineyards that enjoy an especially favorable climate and soil. For example, in his 1980 book on Médoc wines, geographer René Pijassou1 argues that the hierarchical ranking of Bordeaux wines in the influential 1855 classification was based on both improved technology in the vineyard, and wine cellar and natural conditions emanating both from a favorable microclimate and the sous sol or sub-soil. Pijassou claims that in contrast to most wine-growing estates of the nearby southwest French interior, Bordeaux vineyards benefit from their gravel, limestone, and clay soil, as well as a temperate climate produced by coastal proximity to the Gulf Stream and a system of rivers in the Garonne, Gironde, and Dordogne regions.2

Keywords: Grape Variety; Quality Wine; Wine Making; Natural Endowment; Hierarchical Ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230609907_3

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