Resumen de Grape expectations
Simms digs around to unearth the secrets of terroir. He recently unearthed the roles of soil, water, temperature, microorganisms and human practices in a wine's taste, and the emerging picture sends a question bubbling to the surface. The most common way of thinking about terroir is repeated by wine experts and normal folk alike as they sip their fine burgundy or supermarket plonk. In recent years, "minerality" has become a buzzword for these supposed mineral-like tastes. But there's no known process by which minerals can make it from the soil to the grape and then into wine in high enough concentrations to be tasted.
