Ancient and recent construction of Terroirs
The local wine as an area identified and recognized is a complex socio-historical reality that calls an effort of observation and theoretical reflection using various social sciences
Ancient and recent construction of Terroirs
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
AOC valorization of terroir nuances at plot scale in Burgundy
In the highly competitive global wine market, Burgundy has a long-established reputation to maintain. The vine and wine sector in Burgundy is based on a five-level ranking of AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée) wines and of the plots where the grapes are grown.
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
Building of a hierarchy of wines based on terroirs: an initiative from the producers of Muscadet
The Muscadet area is situated in the southeast of Nantes, close to the Atlantic coast. It constitutes the western extension
of the French vineyard “Loire Valley”. The Muscadet is renowned and often spontaneously linked to a white wine.
However it remains misconceived as an ordinary wine, lacking authenticity.
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
Everything else, it’s work ”Socio-cultural dimensions of terroir among Bordeaux winemakers
In 2010, the OIV adopted a resolution that defines ‘terroir’. The OIV definition understands terroir as the result of the interactions between the physical specificities of a space and human labor, with an emphasis on the subsequently produced collective knowledge (OIV-VITI 333-2010); by doing so, it alludes to the social and cultural dimensions of terroir.
Historical reconquest of hillslopes by the “Vins des Abymes” after the collapse of Mont Granier in 1248 (Savoie, France)
The vineyards extending between the hillslopes of ‘Apremont’ and ‘Les Marches’ that dominate the valley of Chambéry (Savoie, French Alps) define the terroir of the ‘Vins des Abymes’.
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
How the physical components of the terroir can differently intervene in French wines DPO definitions.Example of Côte de Nuits in Burgundy
European regulations describe what elements must be given in the specifications of DPO determination ; mainly production conditions, links between quality and products characteristics and the physical traits of the production area. These elements are given in the “link to terroir” paragraph relating natural and human factors, detailed product characteristics linked to the geographical area and at last interactions between product originality and the geographical area.
Kimmeridgian age in Chablis: a geological argument for the social building of a terroir
Situated at the beginning of the 20th century on the territory of the Chablis municipality, delimited according to specialists of the time to plots of "kimmeridgian" origin, the vineyard producing Chablis
Legal protection of the vitivinicultural terroirs in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
This study analyses the actual situation regarding the legal protection of the vitivinicultural terroirs in Yamanashi Prefecture, the centre of Japanese wine industry with more than 150 years of wine-making tradition.
The Pampa and the vineyard: gaucho´s natural and symbolic aspects in the identity´s constitution of “Vinhos da Campanha”’s terroir – RS/Brasil
The wine region of "Vinhos da Campanha" is located in southern Brazil, on the Uruguay borderline. The colonization's process in the region was characterized by territorial disputes between Portuguese
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
The revision of the delimitation of the AOC “Champagne”
The Champagne vine-growing region has played a pioneering role in the delimitation of appellations of origin (AOC). The implementation of the Act of July, 22nd 1927 has led to drawing up lists of vine plots based on the criterion of vine cultivation antecedence.
Towards a spatial analysis of antique viticultural areas: the case study of Amos (Turkey) and some other places
Interpretation of ancient texts, such as the Amos epigraphic farming leases, questions both locations and spatial extents of the viticultural area, as well as soils, landscapes, cropping methods
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
Vignobles sur les pentes en Bourgogne : l’aube d’un nouveau modèle de l’Antiquité au Moyen Âge
La découverte d’une vigne gallo-romaine en plaine à Gevrey-Chambertin (Côte-d’Or) constitue un point important pour la compréhension de la construction des terroirs viticoles de Bourgogne. Sa situation en plaine constitue pour nous le point de départ d’une large réflexion sur la mise en place du modèle de viticulture de coteau qui prévaut en Bourgogne et sur les facteurs de ce changement de norme de qualité viticole. Les sources mobilisées pour cette approche interdisciplinaire et diachronique sont géomorphologiques, archéologiques et textuelles.
Ancient and recent construction of TerroirsInternational Terroir ConferencesIVES Conference SeriesTerroir 2012
Vineyard soils and landscapes of the Burgundy Côte (France): a historical construction worth preserving
The construction of vineyard landscapes along the Burgundy Côte is the result of geological processes and of human labour. Substratum diversity in this vineyard is the result of a very long history explained by the diversity of Jurassic sedimentary facies and Tertiary tectonic activity. The nature and thickness of Quaternary deposits (Weichselian scree debris and alluvial fans) reflect sediment dynamics concurrent with the last glaciation.