A TASTE OF TERROIR IN THE NAPA VALLEY

摘要

After a week-long conference, what better way to unwind that to spend a day exploring the terroir of the Napa Valley, world-renowned for the diversity and quality of its wines. "Terroir" expresses the relationship between the geology and soil on which the grapes are grown and the wine produced from those grapes. After a warm welcome from our field trip leader, Kenneth Verosub, we headed for the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science on the University of California-Davis campus. There we toured the state-of-the-art Teaching Winery and Teaching Brewery and learned about the history of wine production in California.