The French have a word , terroir , that loosely translate to “ sense of spot , ” and it ’s a term that ’s normally used to delineate all the cultural factors that make an agricultural crop what it is – climate , dirt , things like that .
Terroiris a Good Book that gets batted around when experts discuss food for thought crops and coffee , but you ’re most potential to hear it in reference to wine-colored .
In this sequence of Garden Confidential , we take it a step further and inquire all the factors that play into sense of situation , how they affect the plants in your garden – and , ultimately , how they involve you . In the first segment , I speak to Jeff McBride , frailty United States President of winemaking at Benziger Family Winery in Sonoma County , California , about how terroir affects this most place - sensitive product . Then I chat with author Margaret Roach about how she came to find out about her own garden ’s signified of place , how it affected her , and her new Koran , The Backyard Parables . air in for more .
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