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Mick O’Connell’s Four Corkers: Why sincerity matters in the world of wine

No other drink ages to show us that it is still alive even though encapsulated in a glass bottle

Terroir is a French concept that can be loosely translated to a sense of place

Authenticity in wine is a topic that will always get the wine snobs riled up and ready to debate. I recently hosted a pair of wonderful Burgundy tastings where much of the chat was dedicated to deciding whether winemaking trumped terroir. Terroir is a French concept that can be loosely translated to a sense of place. Often the difference between good, great and otherworldly wine is this sense of place, whether the lucky imbiber can ...