terroir
noun
1.
the environmental conditions, especially soil and climate, in which grapes are grown and that give a wine its unique flavor and aroma: the high quality of the region’s terroir.
2.
Also called goût de ter·roir [goo duh ter-wahr, gooduh ter-war] . the unique flavor and aroma of a wine that is attributed to the growing environment of the grapes.
3.
the conditions in which a food is grown or produced and that give the food its unique characteristics: grass-fed beef with an Idaho terroir.
Origin:
< French: literally, ‘soil, land’
< French: literally, ‘soil, land’
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| —n | |
| winemaking the combination of factors, including soil, climate, and environment, that gives a wine its distinctive character | |
| [literally: soil] | |
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Terroir
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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