Val's Winter Tasting Experience

Exploring Terroir and Meroir

Month

January 2021

#1 Wine

Photo by Val #1a: Film Series: Program Questions in Scenes Week 1 films:Gather (Sanjay Rawal) This Earth is Mine–‘Rock Hudson in Napa Valley Archival Stock Footage, (Henry King)The Rocks in Walla Walla with Geologist Kevin PogueWeek 2 films:The Wine WarsRed Obsession (David… Continue Reading →

#2 Grains

Photo by Val #2a: Film Series: Program Questions in Scenes and Overview Week 3 “Foodies, Farmers Want to Bring Grains Back to the West Side (Links to an external site.),” Northwest News Network featuring Laura Lewis, WSU Food Hub (Links to an external… Continue Reading →

#3 Coffee

Café con leche in Granada, SpainPhoto by Val Arabia: What is it? It can also be defined as those countries where Arabic is the dominant language. Arab countries are religiously and ethnically diverse with Islam being the dominant religion in… Continue Reading →

#4 Geoduck & Seaweed

#4a: Film Series: Program Questions in Scenes and Overview Week 7 Three Feet Under: A Duckumentary, Evergreen Library streaming service (Dir. Justin Bookey, 63 min, 2003). Why this $300 clam is so important to Native Americans and China (Al Jazeera, 20… Continue Reading →

#5 Radicchio

Photo by Val #5b: (un)Natural Histories Growing Chicory in the Garden bulletin: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1276&context=extension_curall (Links to an external site.) NPR, 2-minute listen on midwestern soil erosion https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/967376880/new-evidence-shows-fertile-soil-gone-from-midwestern-farms Building Soils for Better Crops: https://www.sare.org/wp-content/uploads/Building-Soils-For-Better-Crops.pdf #5c: Regenerative Agriculture Chicory is native to Europe, North Africa, and Western… Continue Reading →

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