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 Vineyards, Rocks, and Soils
The Wine Lover’s Guide to Geology
Jurassic, basalt, moraine, flint, alluvial, magma: what are these words and what do they have to do with wine? The answers are here in this book. They are geological terms that reflect a bond between wine and the land. Understanding geology, however, is tricky. Geological concepts are obscure; processes can be imperceptibly slow, invisible, and unimaginably ancient. The terminology is formidable, such that even the names of common rocks carry an air of mystery. Geology is introduced plainly, starting with basic principles, all in the context of wine. The emphasis is on the kinds of processes that shape vineyards, and on the minerals, rocks and soils that host the vines. Geological words now commonly seen in wine writings are systematically explained. You will learn the stories behind some of the names, the human face of geology. The book also explores how the geology-wine connection manifests in the finished product and evaluates its importance, particularly in the contexts of minerality, terroir, and wine taste. The fact is that geology is increasingly being promoted in the world of wine; the aim here is to help it be properly understood.

Vineyards Rocks and Soils The Wine Lover’s Guide to Geology 1st Table of contents:

1. What Are Vineyards Made Of?
A Glimpse of the Very Basics: Elements, Atoms, and Ions
What Exactly Are Ions?
Introducing Minerals, Rocks, and Soil
Functional Yet Beautiful: Geologic Maps
The Big Backdrop: Plate Tectonics
2. How Minerals Work
Minerals as Crystals
The Shape of Crystals
A Span in Composition
Identifying Minerals
Identifying Minerals by Hardness and Cleavage
Intricate but Vital: Cation Exchange
Explaining Cation Exchange
Some Minerals of the Wine World
Native Elements
Oxide Minerals
Sulfide Minerals
Sulfate Minerals
Carbonate Minerals
3. The Minerals that Make Rocks and Soils
Seeing the Light—While on Vacation!
The Secrets of the Rock-Forming Minerals
Olive Green and Garnet Red
Dark Horses: Pyroxenes and Amphiboles
Minerals in Sheets: Mica, and So On
Tiny Minerals with Huge Effects: The Clay Minerals
Kaolinite
Smectite/Montmorillonite
Illite
Vermiculite
The Workhorses: Feldspar and Quartz
4. Igneous Rocks
Molten Rocks Beneath Our Feet
Below the Ground and at the Surface: Intrusive and Extrusive Rocks
Naming Igneous Rocks
Some Rocks You May Meet in Vineyards
Thrown from Volcanoes: The Volcaniclastic rocks
5. Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
The Detritus We Call Sediment
Easily Overlooked: The Dissolved Component
A Contribution from Biology
Hardening Sediment into Rock
Concretions in Sedimentary Rocks
Rocks from the Detritus
The Dissolved Component Makes Rocks
The Biology Input and the World of Limestone
Sedimentary Rocks Come in Layers
6. Metamorphic Rocks
The Drive for Change
The Diverse Dynasty of Slate, Schist, and Gneiss
Marble, Quartzite, and the Mysterious Serpentinite
7. The Rocks Change Shape: Folds, Faults, and Joints
Even Rocks Can Change Their Shape
Rocks Can Fracture and Rocks Can Flow—What Decides?
Bending and Bowing: The Folding of Rocks
Cracking and Moving: Geological Faults
“The Earthquake Had a Magnitude of 6.” What Does That Mean?
Unsung but Ubiquitous: Joints in Rock
8. The Lay of the Land
Sculpting the Land: Some Features Due to Erosion
The Influence of Bedrock
The Kind of Rock
The Shape of the Rock
The Sediment Settles: From Ice, Wind, and Water
River Valleys
Rivers in the Hills
Out on the Plains
Three Favored Terrains
Alluvial Fans
River Terraces
Hillslopes
9. Weathering, Soil, and the Minerals in Wine
Rock Weathering, or Where Does Soil Come From?
Soil: What Is It?
A Growing Vine Needs Nutrients
A Look at the Nutrient Minerals
Geologic Minerals, Nutrient Minerals, and Misunderstandings
A Mineral Taste in Wine?
10. Soil, Water, Sunshine, and the Concept of Terroir
What’s Beneath a Vineyard?
Crusts, Pans, and Hardened Layers
From Springs to Quicksand: Water in the Ground
Acid Soils, Alkaline Soils, and the Mysterious pH
pH Unveiled
Sunshine Warms the Soil
Bringing It All Together: Terroir
11. Vineyards and the Mists of Geological Time
The Dawn of Geology and the Ages of rocks
Relative Geological Time
Some Principles of Working with Geological Time
Putting Numbers on the Ages
The Geological Timescale
Some Vinous Idiosyncrasies
Tortonian, Serravalian, and Helvetian in Barolo
Urgonian
Muschelkalk
Kimmeridgian
Primary Rock
A Word on Fossils and Wine
THE Age of Bedrock versus the Age of Soils
12. Epilogue: So is Vineyard Geology Important for Wine Taste?
The Label Tells Me the Kind of Soil, So . . .
But We Can’t Taste Rocks in Wine
The Taste Reminds Me of Stones
Science Begins to Show Some Connections
The Future: How Else Might Geology Affect wine?
The Wonder of It All
Index
 

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