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terrain
Description: Terroir. Terrain. An expression covering the land and all it produces, so this might indicate the crops produced in a particular region, together with the herbs growing there in abundance; the woodland with its provision for hunting, which might include game birds, wild boar, deer and rabbits and so on. Terroir covers the whole life of a rural landscape.
| The view from lovely La Locanda towards Volpaia in Chianti, showing the terroir providing grapes, olives, woodland and so on |
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Pronounced: TEHR-rah-een
Language: Italian
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
See places: Italian food and cuisine
Other web reference:
La-Locanda-Volpaia.com
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