Steve wrote on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:12:04 +0000:

??>> How far can you "widen the vineyard" to increase
??>> production/profits before you dilute the "terroir"?

SS> This article partly addresses your question
SS>
http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom...-expansion.htm

It all sounds very plausible but industrial flacks are good at
that! I will await the rationalizations when the zone is
expanded to include California :-) In some ways, I was reminded
of a common preamble to Vatican announcements of a radical
changes: "As the church has always said.........".


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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