Sense of Place

Tag: Terroir Tastings

  • Tasting the Spanish Routes to Cuba

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, February 26, 2019 The earliest colonial movement from Spain to the Americas drew heavily from Andalusia. Peter Boyd-Bowman found that Andalusians made up the largest regional group among identified Spanish emigrants from 1493 to 1519; among 195 identified arrivals in Cuba from 1520 to 1539, 41 percent came from Andalusia (Boyd-Bowman…

  • My Understanding of the Influence of Oak Barrels on Wine

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, July 12, 2015 — written in Iguazu, Argentina Three major species of oak are used in wine production worldwide: Quercus petraea (France & Eastern Europe), Quercus robur (France), and Quercus alba (United States of America). Barrels made from these species impart different characteristics in wine due to the 1) growth rate…