It's a wanky term these days, due to overuse and marketing. Which is a shame, because it's most of the wine. Terroir (pronounced tehwa) is a French word for pretty much everything in the vineyard from soil to sun to water and air. It's the climate and everything that might influence anything. When the point of winemaking is to show the vineyard and vintage, terroir becomes everything. It's what creates the starting product, and everything you do is aimed at preserving that, a

It's the upcoming release, and has been for... well, a long time now. This is a wine that has been very demanding. It was the first barrel ferment I'd ever done, and a very scary one at that. It was painstakingly slow, taking about 7 months. For reference, it should take a week or two. It's been a massive learning experience for me, from vine to barrel, and I haven't even got it in bottle yet. Vintage was scary as hell. Always is; I've learned to accept that I just wont get a