Wines: Isn't terroir a celebration of differences and a glorification ofnurture over nature?

[pavane]

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Not to me, I believe it is a celebration of nature over
nurture. Terroir is what is in the soil and the vine,
not what has been extracted (or overextracted) from
what nature provided.

pavane

[graham]

"aesthete8" <artsy6@**********> wrote in message
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Only that, with a little bit of effort, you could put the entire discussion
in the subject line!

[quotes 2009]

On Jun 12, 1:52*pm, "pavane" <pav...@somewhere.something.com> wrote:
> "aesthete8" <art...@**********> wrote in message
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> news:6ff57336-87b7-48f1-96af-c648f89006f2@y33g2000prg.************.com...
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>
> Not to me, I believe it is a celebration of nature over
> nurture. *Terroir is what is in the soil and the vine,
> not what has been extracted (or overextracted) from
> what nature provided.
>
> pavane

But wouldn't the dna of the grape = nature? And the soil=nurture?