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From Andrew Alden, About.com

Wine consists of soil, transmuted by the grapevine and the vineyardist's skill, refined and shaped by the winemaker's art. Tasting wine is a tantalizing exercise for the geologist, and this gallery is a record of some examples where the winegrower's awareness of terroir overlaps vividly with the geologist's awareness of the ground.

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A fine faux vineyardRocks and Gravel by Edmunds St JohnFrom a faux synclineSyncline SyrahA name of unusual poetryCinnabar WineA wine with real schistosityTerre de Schistes Wine
A blueschist candidateLes Roches Bleues WineA faux terroirDevil's Marbles ChardonnayFrom faux stony soilsLössterrassen Grüner VeltlinerA wine with Jurassic sparkAalenien Wine
No flint in the bottleChâteau Silex Éloge
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