Piedmont Terroir, LLC

08/03/2015

We just enjoyed a bottle of the 2013 vintage ; interesting discussion about the Terroir http://www.thewinedoctor.com/weekend/closlesmontys_vignede1914_2012.shtml

Weekend Wine: Clos les Montys Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie 'Vigne de 1914' 2012

06/02/2015

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/evolution/origins-of-complex-life-uncovered-in-the-ocean-deep/

Near a hydrothermal vent, scientists discovered a missing evolutionary link that illuminates our eukaryotic past.

05/31/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/magazine/the-wrath-of-grapes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0

A band of upstart winemakers is trying to redefine what California wine should taste like — and enraging America’s most famous oenophile in the process.

05/30/2015

PAGER - GREEN ShakeMap - VII DYFI? - V Time2015-05-30 11:23:02 UTC2015-05-30 20:23:02 +09:00 at epicenterLocation27.831°N 140.493°EDepth677.56 km (421.02 mi)

03/10/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/science/farmers-put-down-the-plow-for-more-productive-soil.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Soil-conservation farming, a movement that promotes not tilling fields and using green manures is gaining converts in tough environments and markets.

10/30/2014

A chunk of copper became the coldest cubic meter (35.3 cubic feet) on Earth when researchers chilled it to 6 millikelvins, or six-thousandths of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin).

04/17/2014

75 gallon per minute well in the northwestern piedmont of Virginia - yesterday-

03/21/2014

Virginia Tech's Web Based tool for evaluating your prospective vineyard - pretty cool: http://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-63/ANR-63.html

03/21/2014

Posted this before: thank (partially) a geologist for that fine wine: http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/10/02/2013/like-that-wine-you-might-thank-an-earth-scientist.html?series=30

Geologist Kevin Pogue helps winemakers pick out top vineyards based on the region’s terroir, which entails environmental attributes such as soil, climate, and rock composition.

03/15/2014

Nice little blog on "Terroir" : http://www.winophilia.com/2010/03/27/what-is-terroir/

In our recent Winemaker Roundtable, more than one participant named “specific place character,” or “terroir,” as the most important requirement in the wine

03/15/2014

Shenandoah Valley Terroir- Soil work and Ksats on Jeanette Smith's vineyard http://www.vinesmith.com/