🇫🇷 French Word of the Day

terroir

n.m.

[tɛ.ʁwaʁ] tair-RWAHR

the soil-and-soul of a place that flavours its food and wine

Ce fromage a un vrai goût de terroir.This cheese really tastes of its region.

Chaque vin exprime son terroir.Every wine expresses its terroir.

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The untranslatable pride of French gastronomy: the belief that a place’s soil, climate and know-how end up in the glass and on the plate.

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