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Sizing up Soil with Jane A. Nickles, CSE, CWE
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Quartz
Calcite
Rocks
Composed of minerals
Naturally occurring
Do not have a specific or common structure
Differentiated by mineral composition and texture
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http://winewitandwisdomswe.com/wine-spirits-maps/swe-wine-maps-2018/
Maps available for download at:
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Maps available for download at:
http://winewitandwisdomswe.com/wine-spirits-maps/swe-wine-maps-2018/
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0.05 mm - 2 mm 0.002 mm – 0.05 mm
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Silt
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How do we label soils?
Limestone Sandy
Clay
Gravel Granite
Chalk
Slate
Alluvial
Albariza
Silt Schist
Loess
Kimmeridgian
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Cool… terroir…
References/for more information: • Feiring, Alice (2017). The Dirty Guide to Wine. New York: The Countryman Press. • Franzmeier, Donald, William McFee, John Graveel, and Helmut Kohnke (2016).
Soil Science Simplified, 5th edition. Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press. • Goode, Jamie (2014). The Science of Wine from Vine to Glass, 2nd edition. Los
Angeles: University of California Press. • Skelton, Stephen (2007). Viticulture: An Introduction to Commercial Grape
Growing for Wine Production. London: Stephen Skelton, MS. • White, Robert (2009). Understanding Vineyard Soils. Oxford University Press.
Wilson, James (1998). Terroir: The Role of Geology, Climate, and Culture in the Making of French Wines. South San Francisco: The Wine Appreciation Guild.
• USDA Soil Survey/National Resources Conservation Service: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/
• Soil Science Society of America: https://www.soils.org/ • Soil: National Geographic Magazine. Originally published September 2008.
Retrieved on May 10, 2016: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/mann-text
• From the Ground Up: The Science of Soil: http://www.thescienceofsoil.com/
Sizing up Soil with Jane A. Nickles,
CSE, CWE