http://www.winewisdom.com/articles/techie/minerality/ Sally Easton Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:24:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.winewisdom.com/articles/techie/minerality/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Sally Sun, 02 May 2010 11:16:38 +0000 http://www.winewisdom.com/?p=1136#comment-293 Hello John, I started down the 'origin' track for this article, but didn't pursue it to its conclusion. Modest winemaking guru Michael Brajkovich of Kumeu River in New Zealand told me he could recall the French term 'mineralité' being used in the late 1980s, when he was touring France. And in the early 1980s 'mineral' was being used in tasting notes at Roseworthy, in Australia. I hope this helps a bit. Do let me know if/when you get to the source of its original use. Sally Hello John, I started down the ‘origin’ track for this article, but didn’t pursue it to its conclusion. Modest winemaking guru Michael Brajkovich of Kumeu River in New Zealand told me he could recall the French term ‘mineralité’ being used in the late 1980s, when he was touring France. And in the early 1980s ‘mineral’ was being used in tasting notes at Roseworthy, in Australia. I hope this helps a bit. Do let me know if/when you get to the source of its original use. Sally

]]> http://www.winewisdom.com/articles/techie/minerality/comment-page-1/#comment-280 John Simon MacDougall Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:17:36 +0000 http://www.winewisdom.com/?p=1136#comment-280 A really interesting article and spot on. I'm doing some research on the term and wondered who began to use it. It seems to have appeared in the nineties? In older books by Johnstone, Broadbent there is no mention of minerality as a tasting term did it come from gout de terroir the anglicised taste of the soil. who began using it? I'd be very grateful for any light on the subject A really interesting article and spot on. I’m doing some research on the term and wondered who began to use it. It seems to have appeared in the nineties? In older books by Johnstone, Broadbent there is no mention of minerality as a tasting term did it come from gout de terroir the anglicised taste of the soil. who began using it? I’d be very grateful for any light on the subject

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