A famous French word
Terroir (ter-WAH) is the idea that a wine tastes the way it does because of where it grew — the complete natural environment of the vineyard. It has no perfect English translation; 'sense of place' comes closest.
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The core claim
Take the same grape and the same winemaker, plant in two different places, and you get two different wines. Terroir says the place is the reason.