From Alsace’s Rangen vineyard and Germany’s Ürziger Würzgarten to the volcanic fields of France’s Auvergne and Armenia’s highlands…
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In Germany, the Nahe region is the most important region when it comes to volcanic soils.
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True that volcanism has had a major effect on the vast array of soils here! Unfortunately there were no Nahe wines represented at the Volcanic Wine Award tastings; just Mosel. But anyone interested in learning more about Nahe’s soils should read David Schildknecht’s excellent overview of the region in the Oxford Companion. And noted that we should do a deep dive into Nahe wines sometime soon. Thank you!
… what about Baden – especially subregion Kaiserstuhl – for volcanic soils in Germany? In my eyes the clearest (and largest) example! …
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