Showing posts with label terroir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terroir. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Terroir

The biggest word in the wine business is terroir (pronounced ter wa'):

A " terroir " is a group of vineyards (or even vines) from the same region, belonging to a specific appellation, and sharing the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making savoir-faire, which contribute to give its specific personality to the wine.


The idea is that if you own a vineyard that it has a special personality, taste, quality that makes it unique. I spoke with Claire DuCroq of Paul Hobbs Wines.

Claire told me that the French have determined that a wine's terroir is influenced by its soil, its weather, the grapes and its people - the people tending to the grapes.

A business has its own terroir, too. It has its industry, its niche, its technology and its people. These things make your product or service unique - it's your personality.

Are you enhancing and perfecting your terroir? Or are you diminishing it, stripping it down and making it like everyone else?



Barry LaBov
LaBov & Beyond Marketing Communications
www.labov.com